![]() Horowitz concentrates less on the movement itself and more on the ideas that influenced Friedan, and in turn, second-wave feminism. She writes as something of an insider, caught up in the 1970s in what she describes as "the most exhilarating time of my life" (xv), crediting Friedan for many of the movement's early successes. In the process of writing the story of Friedan's life, Hennessee describes the personalities and political actions central to the development of "second-wave" feminism, including the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC). Though each book helps to make sense of the feminist movement, Hennessee and Horowitz have particular sets of concerns that ultimately make for accounts very different in approach and focus. Both authors purport to have written Friedan's biography, but there is minimal overlap in the information they present. ![]() Read together, Hennessee's and Horowitz's new books provide a fascinating and complex look at feminism and the ways that Betty Friedan shaped the movement's trajectory in the 1960s and 1970s. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. ![]() New York: Random House, 1999.ĭaniel Horowitz, Betty Friedan and the Making of "The Feminine Mystique": The American Left, the Cold War, and Modern Feminism. Judith Hennessee, Betty Friedan: Her Life. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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