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Ep4: Who was Betty Friedan? A conversation with historian Marjorie Spruill.
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 4th episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Marjorie talks about Betty Friedan. We also discuss how Phyllis Schlafly used emotion to get the upper hand on Betty during a well known debate; how Betty Friedan wrote her famous book "The Feminine Mystique"; Marjorie tells about when she met both Betty and Gloria; we talk about the start to the backlash of feminism; we learn about Phyllis Schlafly and the power of single issues; we talk about why 1950s housewives were depressed and "the problem that has no name"; we talk about the myth of woman’s privilege; how the new stage of life called Middle Age changed society; why we should say “suffragist” and not “suffragette”, and more!
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