To re-create the scene, I dug up a few snap judgments from critics, published just after the first edition of The Feminine Mystique arrived in 1963. The Feminine Mystique, in other words, didn't enter the world as the long-awaited wonder we remember it as today. That last guy probably has a few regrets. Some detractors said it was too alarmist, others said it was too complacent-and one even complained that Friedan went too far in asserting that average girl wouldn't rather be at home putting cream on her face. While many book critics immediately recognized the potential in Friedan's book when it was released in 1963, some remained skeptical. In truth, The Feminine Mystique's 50-year shelf life got off to a somewhat rocky start. 'Anger Boiled Up, and Betty Friedan Was There': 'Feminine Mystique' at 50īut none of those things happened right away.
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