Question

Friedan did not think that pursuing meaningful work meant not having husbands or families. Do you share this view, or not?

Answer 1

Friedan's life is marked by difficult challenges. Many tough obstacles mark her life. She saw transforming an ineffective institution as part of her work. She campaigns for women's rights, including campaigning for voting rights and full-paid maternity leave. He claimed that women, besides having to do home and community work, need to be available to a husband at all times. She believed women's empowerment meant women could go to college and work and believed women deserved full participation in society, not just a place in the workplace. For many women in the 1970s, Friedan was an example of future equality when they could pursue careers for themselves. Friedan insisted that mothers need to be independent of their husbands to do the work required to make their children strong, healthy and successful. She argued that feminism should be a movement that allows mothers to stay home, and women should be able to choose whether to go to work. Study shows husbands want more time with their families, but women want more quality time with their husbands than simply more time together.