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"The key to the trap is, of course, education. The feminine mystique has made higher education for women seem suspect, unnecessary and even dangerous. But I think that education, and only education, has saved, and can continue to save, American women from the greater dangers of the feminine mystique."

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About Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan was an American writer and feminist activist whose book The Feminine Mystique helped spark second-wave feminism in the United States. She co-founded major advocacy organizations including the National Organization for Women.

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