![]() ![]() I, for one, found it quite boring at times, so I guess I could go along with the question “Is this all?”īy the time the war was over, women expected a lot more of life than they were getting as wives and mothers and had to wrestle with the problem. ![]() ![]() With few exceptions, everyone I knew stayed home with their children and followed – or allowed – their husbands to make the major decisions. Like you, I have mellowed over the years.Īt first, I was outraged that my own role as wife and mother was being attacked. I wrote a series of Letters to Lesley for the blog of a friend of mine.) I remember all the ways pro and con that women I knew reacted to Betty Friedan. It was intriguing to read the various questions and comments in the “Letter to Lesley”. She was a superb homemaker, hostess, volunteer, and mother, grandmother and grandmother – Dad didn’t think it was necessary for his wife to work! Here’s her take on The Feminine Mystique. Last week, while going through a few of her papers, I stumbled on a letter she wrote to me about Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique written by hand in her small but well-formed writing.Įdythe was born in 1926, married my father in 1945 and had three children by 1955. I was fortunate to be with her in the weeks leading up to her death and also when she took her last breath. ![]() Some of you will know that my mother passed away on Feb 24th at the age of 96. ![]()
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