The Feminist Movement During The 1950's

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During the 1900s, the Feminist Movement focused on expanding women's role and allowing more chances for women to participate in activities that are beyond the household aspect. In the "Feminine Mystique" text, Betty Friedan analyzed "the problem that has no name" to discover that the depression of many women was based on ''I want something more than my husband and my children and my home'" (Friedan, pg 342). Based on the context of the 1950s suburban housewife, women wanted the chance to be out in public instead of just taking care of the house with no life experience beyond the household. Comparing how the life of a women was like back then to the modern life that women has now, the Feminine Movement can be viewed as a success because the

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