A Jewish Feminine Mystique?: Jewish Women in Postwar America by Rebecca Kobrin, Rebecca Wolf, Audrey Nasar, Shira Kohn, Joyce Antler, Judith Smith, Rachel Kranson, Barbara Sicherman, Nancy Sinkoff, Deborah Waxman, Daniel Horowitz, Hasia R. Diner, Giovanna Del Negro, Raymond Mohl, Kathleen Laughlin

A Jewish Feminine Mystique?: Jewish Women in Postwar America

Rebecca Kobrin, Rebecca Wolf, Audrey Nasar, Shira Kohn, Joyce Antler, Judith Smith, Rachel Kranson, Barbara Sicherman, Nancy Sinkoff, Deborah Waxman, Daniel Horowitz, Hasia R. Diner, Giovanna Del Negro, Raymond Mohl, Kathleen Laughlin

284 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction gender challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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In The Feminine Mystique, Jewish-raised Betty Friedan struck out against a postwar American culture that pressured women to play the role of subservient housewives. However, Friedan never acknowledged that many American women refused to retreat fr...

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