Bruises Symptoms and Signs. 1  Initially, a fresh bruise may actually be reddish. 2  It will then turn blue or dark purple within a few hours, then yellow or green after a few days as it heals. 3  A bruise is commonly tender and sometimes even painful for the first few days, but the pain usually goes away as the color fades.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Feminine Mystique is a 1963 book by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States.
This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Little Women (disambiguation). Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832â1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher.