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.
Her work received much acclaim. She was written about by Harriet Beecher Stowe in numerous publications, including an 1863 essay âSojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl.â In 1864, she was invited to meet Abraham Lincoln to challenge the segregation of streetcars.