... for equality soon became the new "norm" of the black society. The same can be said of the women's movement. Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique was one of the most read books in the 1960's. With the help of other feminist writers Friedan's words started a new wave of feminist thinking throughout the country. She is a prime example of literature having a monumental effect ... on the shifting of societal "norms". Books like Friedan's forced women to take a hard look at themselves and motivated them to go out into the workforce. Around that time women began to stitch themselves into...

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