In 2001, she became the first woman to serve as Editorial Page Editor for the New York Times, a post she held until 2007. Collins may be best known for her sharp and witty voice on the Times's Op-Ed page. Gail Collins, author and columnist for the New York Times, wrote the introduction to the 50th anniversary edition of The Feminine Mystique. "Why should women accept this picture of a half-life, instead of a share in the whole of human destiny?" It was a "silent problem," Friedan wrote. Despite the fact that many of these women had achieved the domestic life they'd wished for-a home in the suburbs complete with modern appliances, children, and a bread-winning husband-they were miserable. She noticed an alarming pattern of dissatisfaction. In the early '60s, Friedan, a self-identified homemaker, interviewed fellow Smith graduates for an alumni survey.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, which turns 50 next month, transformed the lives of women across America. This 50th–anniversary edition features an afterword by best-selling author Anna Quindlen as well as a new introduction by Gail Collins. Part social chronicle, part manifesto, The Feminine Mystique is filled with fascinating anecdotes and interviews as well as insights that continue to inspire. Writing in a time when the average woman first married in her teens and 60 percent of women students dropped out of college to marry, Betty Friedan captured the frustrations and thwarted ambitions of a generation and showed women how they could reclaim their lives. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women’s confidence in their intellectual capabilities and kept them in the home. Landmark, groundbreaking, classic―these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. A 50th-anniversary edition of the trailblazing book that changed women’s lives, with a new introduction by Gail Collins.
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