The Feminine Mystique
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1974.
Second printing of the tenth anniversary edition. Signed by Betty Friedan on the front free endpaper. [iv], 430 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean to binding, light soiling to textblock edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, light toning, foxing and a spot of soiling to the front panel. The classic best-seller, a catalyst for second-wave feminism that exposed the widespread unhappiness of women confined to traditional domestic roles after World War II. A foundational text of the movement, Friedan provided the ideological impetus for collective action to challenge gender inequality and called for women to create their own identities outside of the home; uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250