<P> Also in 2013, to celebrate its centennial the U.S. Department of Labor created a list of over 100 Books that Shaped Work in America, which included The Feminine Mystique . The Department of Labor later chose The Feminine Mystique as one of its top ten books from that list . </P> <P> Also in 2013, The Feminine Mystique was discussed in Makers: Women Who Make America . </P> <P> In 2014 the Betty Friedan Hometown Tribute committee won the Superior Achievement award in the special projects category for its 50th anniversary celebration of the publication of The Feminine Mystique . They received the award from the Illinois State Historical Society . </P> <P> From immediately after its publishing and continuing until even now, The Feminine Mystique has been the recipient of much backlash against feminism . Significant numbers of women responded angrily to the book, which they felt implied that wives and mothers could never be fulfilled . "Women who valued their roles as mothers and housewives interpreted Friedan's message as one that threatened their stability, devalued their labor, and disrespected their intelligence ." In a Letter to Editor in McCall's, one woman wrote, "All this time I thought I was happy, and a nice person . Now I discover I've been miserable and some sort of monster in disguise--now out of disguise . How awful!" Another said, "Mrs. Friedan should save her pity for those who really need it--the half starved, oppressed people in the world ." When women critical of the work were not expressing personal offense at Friedan's description of the housewife's plight, they were accusing her of planning to destroy American families . Jessica Weiss quoted in her paper, "If the mothers, (or housewives as we are called) took this advice, what would become of our children? Or better yet, the future of the world ." </P>

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