The ‘Unnamed Problem’ Finds a Voice in Delaware’s Commission on Women’s Status
Betty Friedan’s 1963 groundbreaking feminist manifesto, “The Feminine Mystique,” ignited a firestorm by articulating the “problem that has no name”—pervasive discrimination against women. In public settings, restaurants and bars displayed “men-only” signs, and civic organizations like Rotary and Jaycees relegated women to secondary status. Many professional bodies, such as press clubs, excluded women altogether. In…