A woman has died, but the dream is still alive

Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique and philosopher of modern-day feminism, died today. A few days ago fellow diva writer Annalee Blysse posted an article called The Good Wife's Guide, which was written in the 1950s on how a woman should behave as housewives, in her blog on. At first I laughed so hard as I read it. The whole article reminded me of those 50s shows, like the Donna Reed's Show. Remember the submissive wife who could do vacumm the rugs while wearing a nice dress and pearls around her neck? And some people call that reality. How many of you women wear a dress and your pretty blink-blink to do house chores? Raise your hands, please. Uh-hu. Just what I thought. Nobody. So much for presenting life as it was. Personally those shows reflected what society wished reality was versus what reality truly was. Then as I re-read it, anger built inside me. If women were so happy in the 50s, why was there a women's revolution? What was the base of the feminist movement then? Revolutions don't start unless there's unrest and unhappiness. Some women have dismissed this by saying that just a few unhappy women started the movement. The same way Afro-Americans said "Enough is enough," and went on to prove that they should, and I quote Martin Luther King, Jr., "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Women did the same. So just like Martin Luther King, Jr., I have a dream too. I have a dream that my two goddaughters will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by their gender but by the content of their character.