I thought I pretty much knew what this book was going to be about but I ended up finding it very interesting and enlightening and surprising and it’s very clear how it became as influential as it did. Also didn’t realize how bad the lack of personhood for women was and how much worse things got from after the first wave to the time of the feminine mystique and how progress can be undone…. Erm gulp. Really liked the long sections of interview excerpts with the housewives.