Labor and Women’s Liberation 1 Running head: LABOR AND WOMEN’S LIBERATION This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Women’s Studies in Communication, volume 32, issue 3, 2009, pp. 348-379 [copyright Organization for Research on Women and Communication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07491409.2009.10162394 Labor and Women’s Liberation: Popular Readings of The Feminine Mystique Kathryn A. Cady Kathryn A. Cady is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Northern Illinois University. Parts of this essay were derived from the author’s dissertation, which was completed under the direction of Melissa D. Deem and John Durham Peters at the University of Iowa. Earlier versions of this manuscript were presented at the 2004 National Communication Association convention and the 2006 Communications and Economy National Communication Association preconvention seminar. The author would like to thank the Minnesota State University, Mankato College of Arts and Humanities’ Research Incentive Program for reassigned time to assist in the preparation of this manuscript. Thanks are also extended to the editor, the reviewers, Rebekah Farrugia, Evelyn Ho, Michael Lawrence, Thomas Oates, Vesta Silva, and Kerith Woodyard for their comments on drafts of the paper. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kathryn Cady, Department of Communication, WH 210, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. E-mail: kcady@niu.edu.