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Terri Gross's Fresh Air is featuring social historian Stephanie Coontz explains how the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique helped women view themselves differently in A Strange Stirring. But Coontz also critiques many aspects of Friedan's pioneering book, including its omission of minority women.

http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/

This is an amazing discussion about the women who shaped our current perception of the life of wives and mothers.