In this episode we look at Betty Friedan’s well-known book ‘The Feminine Mystique’ published on this day in 1963. This was a highly influential book that described the dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-war period. The book is credited for sparking the second-wave feminism in the United States. We discuss Friedan as an individual, explore the controversies of her book as well as the positive impacts it had on society.