What inspired a second wave of the women's movement?

A. the March on Washington

B. Title IX

C. Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

D. President Nixon's Commission on Women

The correct answer is letter C

The Feminine Mystique is a book by Betty Friedan and published in 1963, becoming one of the most important books of the 20th century.

The book was the result of years of research by the author, who interviewed women who followed the precepts of the 1940s and 1950s (in which women's activities were restricted to acting as housewives), as well as businessmen, doctors and advertisers.

The central idea of the book is in the observation that the woman was mystified after the Crisis of 1929 and mobilization for the Second World War, being considered fundamentally as a caring mother and wife. Thus, the girl's education since childhood did not encourage her to be independent, but to develop skills just to get married and live for her children and husband. Over the years, the woman felt frustrated and developed several psychological disorders ranging from depression to consumerism.