Betty Friedan: The Quality of Life

In the United States and other parts of the Western world, we have broken through what I call the “feminine mystique.” And now, in both developed and developing nations, women are moving toward full participation in political leadership and advancement in business and the professions. They are moving beyond the strictly reproductive roles—wife, mother, housewife—that used to limit them in the past. In the developing countries, women are demanding a full voice. Women in these...