THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 19
February 19 in history
What happened on February 19: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1945 and 1963, each linked to the map that shows it.
US Marines land on Iwo Jima. Thirty-six days for eight square miles of volcanic ash.
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— The Feminine Mystique
1957–63 — Asked to survey her Smith College classmates fifteen years after graduation, Betty Friedan finds educated wives unhappy in ways they could not name. The questionnaire grows into The Feminine Mystique, published on 19 February 1963.
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