The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years On at Kings Place

Described as 'the book that pulled the trigger on history', Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique created an instant impact on its publication in 1963 which altered culture, consciousness and lives. Fifty years on, Jewish Book Week looks at the continued reverberations of Betty Friedan's feminist rallying cry, in a discussion including two generations of women writers and artists. Bidisha, Julie Bindel, Kira Cochrane, and Leah Thorn examine how a book ignited a revolution, paying tribute to other ground-breaking Jewish women thinkers and taking the pulse of feminism for the age of Fifty Shades of Grey.