... property, and the right to vote were approved (Unknown 1). After woman suffrage was won in 1920, women were divided on the question of equal standing with men. In 1963, author Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, a critique of middle-class ways of life that aided millions of women in expressing their discontent. She argued that women often had no outlets for expression ... other than "finding a husband and bearing children." "Friedan encouraged readers to seek new roles and responsibilities, to seek their own personal and professional identities rather than have them defined b...

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