The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, published as a prestigious Easton Press edition (1996), is a landmark work that ignited second-wave feminism with its searing critique of postwar gender roles. Friedan’s 1963 exposé dismantled the myth of domestic bliss, giving voice to the stifled discontent of suburban housewives and challenging society to redefine women’s potential beyond the “happy homemaker” ideal.
This Easton Press edition honors Friedan’s revolutionary text with heirloom craftsmanship: a full leather binding with 22-karat gold tooling, archival paper, and silk moiré endpapers. The volume’s dignified presentation contrasts deliberately with its incendiary content—Friedan’s calls for education, equality, and self-actualization that reshaped the modern feminist movement.
A paradoxical treasure: a radical manifesto clad in establishment luxury, perfect for collectors of social history and feminist thought.
“The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself […] is by creative work of her own.” —Bound in gilt, but unbound in its impact.
