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Lila believes that feminist literature of the 20th century had no effect on the emancipation of women.
 
  If Devon was to disagree and quote TheFeminineMystique, written by Betty Friedan, what are the facts that he could state in support of hisargument?
  What will be an ideal response?

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At the turn of this century, the Bush administration made pleas for a new Department of Family to provide assistance to families and children.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

In her influential book, The Feminine Mystique(1963), Betty Friedan criticized the push toward domesticity and documented the dissatisfactionof many college-educated women who felt unfulfilled in their full-time rolesas wives and mothers. Friedan's book didn't change gender roles overnight. Nonetheless, The FeminineMystique had an enormous impact in sparking the women's movement in the late 1960s and challenging traditional roles throughoutthe 1970s and 1980s.

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