The sub title is the feminine mystique and american women at the dawn of the 1960s that book and recent statements on television by feminists gloria steinem and marlo thomas sent me back to re read my copy of the feminine mystique a book written in 1963 by betty friedan one of the founding members of the national womens political caucus. Nearly half a century later many women still recall where they were when they first read itin a strange stirring historian stephanie coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s when the sexual revolution had barely begun newspapers advertised for perky attractive gal typists but married women were told to stay home and husbands controlled almost every aspect of family life based on . In a strange stirring prominent historian of women and marriage stephanie coontz strips away the myths examining what the feminine mystique actually said and which groups of women were affected coontz takes us back to the early 1960s the age of mad men when the sexual revolution was barely nascent middle class wives stayed at home and husbands retained legal control over almost . Xxiii 222 pages 25 cm challenging both conservative and liberal myths about betty friedans bestselling book the feminine mystique historian stephanie coontz re examines the dawn of the 1960s when the sexual revolution had barely begun and brilliantly illuminates how a generation of women came to realize that their dissatisfaction with domestic life didnt reflect their personal . A strange stirring the feminine mystique and american women at the dawn of the 1960s kindle edition by coontz stephanie download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading a strange stirring the feminine mystique and american women at the dawn of the 1960s