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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated April 13, 1964 reads, "Betty Friedan, authoress, contends women hide behind husbands and children instead of finding or exercising their own identity in world." The article partially reads, "Mrs. Friedan, who spoke recently to the Valley branch of the American Association of University Women, claims the American woman, 'buried in her dishpans,' has been brainwashed into believing that the only commitment for women is the 'fulfillment of their own femininity...' The first step in finding oneself, Mrs. Friedan said, is to 'recognize that housework is not a career, but something that must be done as quickly and efficiently as possible. The second step is to see marriage as it really is--not necessarily as the final fulfillment of life...Men are not holding women back in America,' she said. 'It's our own self-degradation.'"
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Friedan, Betty Authors, American Feminists--United States Lecturers--California--San Fernando Valley Lectures and lecturing--California--San Fernando Valley Microphones San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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