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The Movement

Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marlo Thomas

2011-03-05-marlo.jpgAs Gloria Steinem so wisely commented, "A movement is only people moving." In 1965, women were moving, separately, but headed in the same direction.

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My Friend Betty Friedan

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.17.2011

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Amitai Etzioni

I guess it is again open season on the author of The Feminine Mystique. The book had a major effect that alone justifies its being listed among the books whose authors ought to be celebrated rather than raked over the coals.

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Stirring Up The Feminine Mystique For A New Generation

Christine Whelan | Posted 11.17.2011

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Christine Whelan

I am a professor of sociology teaching classes on gender and social change -- and I have never read Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." It turns out that very few of my well-educated, feminist-leaning friends have either.

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