Betty Friedan February 4, 1921 - February 4, 2006

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About Betty Friedan: Betty Friedan was born Betty Naomi Goldstein in 1921 in

Peoria, Illinois. She graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1942, and

then received a research fellowship to study psychology as a graduate student at

the University of California at Berkeley. She married Carl Friedan in 1947, and

worked as a freelance writer while raising their three children.

Friedan began to feel stifled in her role as a housewife and in 1957 sent out a

questionairre to her Smith classmates. The responses indicated that many of the

women were dissatisfied with being wives and mothers. Friedan took these results

and upon further investigation and studies - wrote The Feminine Mystique, which

sold over 3 million copies.

In 1966 Friedan helped found the National Organization for Women (NOW) and

became its first president. Under Friedan's leadership NOW worked for political

reforms to secure women's legal equality. Friedan was also among the founders of

the National Abortion Rights Action League in 1969. In 1971 she was among the

feminist leaders who formed the National Women's Political Caucus. Friedan has

published multiple books and still remains a voice in feminism, women's rights

and equality for women.

Places: United States

Education: Smith College, University of California at Berkeley

Books Written by Friedan: The Feminine Mystique, It Changed My Life: Writings on

the Women's Movement, The Second Stage, and The Fountain of Age.Related

Resources:

 

Betty Friedan Quotes Betty Friedan on the Net - Biographies:

 

 

American Writers

 

Biography.com

 

Women's Equity Resource Center

 

Infoplease.com

 

Who is Betty Friedan? Betty Friedan on the Net - Discussions of her Books:

 

 

Rethinking Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique

 

The Mystique of Betty Friedan

 

Betty Friedan: issues without gender Betty Friedan on the Net - Writings:

 

 

The Feminine Mystique - Chapter 5: The Sexual Solipsism of Sigmund Freud More

Women's Issues Biographies (By Name):

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