What Betty Friedan thinks about creativity

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Writer and feminist (1921 to 2006) whose The Feminine Mystique (1963) named the discontent of American housewives and helped start second-wave feminism; she co-founded the National Organization for Women.

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1 dated position, c. 1963, in their own words. Our reading of what Betty Friedan has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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   Our readingA woman, like a man, finds herself only through creative work of her own

   Their wordsThe only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.

   ↗The Feminine Mystique (Dell, 1964 paperback of the 1963 book; second scan)archive.org All 3 from this book