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  2. The Feminine Mystique - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 0-393-32257-2. The Feminine Mystique is a book by American author Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States. [ 2] First published by W. W. Norton on February 19, 1963, The Feminine Mystique became a bestseller, initially selling over a million copies. [ 3][ 4] Friedan used the book to challenge ...

  3. Betty Friedan - Wikipedia

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    Betty Friedan. Betty Friedan ( / ˈfriːdən, friːˈdæn, frɪ -/; [ 1] February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century.

  4. Mystique (character) - Wikipedia

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    Mystique's origins remain unknown: her shapeshifting powers mean that her true age remains enigmatic. Her earliest attested appearance dates back to the years around 1900, when she lived in a male guise as a "consulting detective" who established a romantic relationship with her reality's version of Irene Adler, biographical details which imply she is in fact Sherlock Holmes, [27] an ...

  5. List of female mystics - Wikipedia

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    Luisa Piccarreta. Lydwine of Schiedam. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi. Margaret of Ypres. Margareta Ebner. Margery Kempe. Marguerite Bays Swiss (blessed) Marguerite d'Oingt. Marguerite Porete.

  6. Medieval women's Christian mysticism - Wikipedia

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    Medieval women's Christian mysticism. For medieval women, mysticism was "a succession of insights and revelations about God that gradually transformed the recipient" according to historian Elizabeth Petroff of Oxford University in her 1994 book, Body and Soul.[ 1] The word "mysticism" has its origin in ancient Greece where individuals called ...

  7. Simone de Beauvoir - Wikipedia

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    e. Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir[ a] ( UK: / də ˈboʊvwɑːr /, US: / də boʊˈvwɑːr /; [ 2][ 3] French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ⓘ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she ...

  8. List of goddesses - Wikipedia

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    Skuld - Oh My Goddess! Mii (May or Mei in Anglo dubbed) - Jungle De Ikou! Rongo - Jungle De Ikou! Holo - Spice and Wolf. Aqua - KonoSuba. Ristarte - Cautious Hero. Valkyrie - Cautious Hero. Hestia - Danmachi. Haruhi Suzumiya - the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya.

  9. Rebecca Romijn - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Alie O'Connell [2] [3] (née Romijn; / r oʊ ˈ m eɪ n / roh-MAYN; Dutch: [roːˈmɛin], born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former model.She is known for her role as Mystique in the original trilogy (2000–2006) of the X-Men film series, as Joan from The Punisher (2004) (both based on Marvel Comics), the dual roles of Laure Ash and Lily Watts in Femme Fatale (2002), [4 ...