Betty Friedan and Second-Wave Feminism

A modern American activist and author who verbalized the frustrations felt by suburban housewives as "the problem that has no name" in her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, acting as the catalyst for second-wave feminism. She exposed the hypocrisy of Cold War-era conservative family views and the "happy housewife" myth, advocating for women's self-actualization and the acquisition of social rights. Establishing the National Organization for Women (NOW) and serving as its first president, she powerfully spearheaded the movement for legal reform and employment equality from a practical standpoint—a historical titan of gender equality.

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