This week is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the book, The Feminine Mystique.

FORBES: On The 50th Anniversary of 'The Feminine Mystique,' Is There Still A 'Problem That Has No Name?'

The Feminine Mystique in 2013 shows us how far we have come in certain freedoms.

FORBES: On The 50th Anniversary of 'The Feminine Mystique,' Is There Still A 'Problem That Has No Name?'

Meanwhile, Betty Draper (played by January Jones), always appears perfectly coiffed, while exhibiting all of the signs of unhappiness Betty Friedan unearthed in The Feminine Mystique.

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Watch this great video discussion about The Feminine Mystique, hosted by New York Times Columnist Gail Collins and four other women of different ages and background.

FORBES: On The 50th Anniversary of 'The Feminine Mystique,' Is There Still A 'Problem That Has No Name?'

In 1999, the political scientist Alan Wolfe pointed out that much of the scholarship Friedan relied on in her diagnosis of the feminine mystique work by Margaret Mead, Alfred Kinsey, and Bruno Bettelheim has since turned out to be suspect.

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