{"product_id":"a-strange-stirring-stephanie-coontz-9780465028429","title":"A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s","description":"In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique\u003c\/i\u003e. Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were when they first read it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Strange Stirring\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Stephanie Coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution had barely begun, newspapers advertised for \"perky, attractive gal typists,\" but married women were told to stay home, and husbands controlled almost every aspect of family life. Based on exhaustive research and interviews, and challenging both conservative and liberal myths about Friedan, \u003ci\u003eA Strange Stirring\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly illuminates how a generation of women came to realize that their dissatisfaction with domestic life didn't't reflect their personal weakness but rather a social and political injustice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie Coontz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 046502842X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465028429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2012 pg. 28","brand":"Stephanie Coontz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992998084863,"sku":"9780465028429","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_773d1d3f-9bc8-4436-a9b4-2893abcb57df.jpg?v=1683321957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-strange-stirring-stephanie-coontz-9780465028429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}