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Published sixty-three years ago this week, Betty Friedan’s "The Feminine Mystique" would become one of the most popular paperbacks of the year and one of the most influential books of the century. In its pages, Friedan described the experience of millions of American women — she called it "the problem that has no name" — and helped spark the second-wave feminist movement.

"The Feminine Mystique put words around the disquiet that a lot of women of a certain class were experiencing," former National Organization for Women president Patricia Ireland told American Experience. "It called to people's attention the reality that women who were smart and educated and could do so much were confined to one role once they were married and had children, and that was mom and wife."

📸: Betty Friedan, 1960 (World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo/Library of Congress).

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨Our lawmakers are once again trying to undermine our votes!

Within the coming days, the senate plans to hear SB 1325. This bill allows employers to pay anyone younger than 18 years old a subminimum wage of $12.30. This contradicts the voter-approved $15 minimum wage which was won for ALL Missourians.

📢 Contact your representative and tell them to vote NO on SB 1325 and tell them equal work deserves equal pay!

Send an email here: https://bit.ly/MOProtectTheWage