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NEW YORK - "Something is very wrong with the way American women are trying to live their lives," wrote Betty Friedan in The Feminine Mystique, her groundbreaking 1963 book attacking the idea that a husband and children were all a woman needed for fulfillment.
That book effectively launched the modern women's movement. More than four decades later, writer Leslie Bennetts is trying to sound a very similar message. In The Feminine Mistake - the title's no accident - she argues that many young mothers have forgotten Friedan's message, embracing a 21st century version of the 1950s stay-at-home ideal that could imperil their economic future and their happiness.See the full content of this document
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Book Urges New Moms to Stay in Work Force
Needless to say, the book isn't going down smoothly with everyone - especially mothers who have chosen to stay home with their children.
"She's stereotyping stay-at-home moms," says an annoyed Debbie Newcomer, the mother of a 14-month-old baby i...See the full content of this document
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