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Betty Friedan (/ ˈfriːdən, friːˈdæn, frɪ -/; [1] February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century.
Journalist, activist, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan was one of the early leaders of the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Aug 8, 2024 · Betty Friedan, American feminist best known for her book The Feminine Mystique (1963), which explores the causes of the frustrations of modern women in traditional roles. She cofounded the National Organization for Women in 1966.
The Feminine Mystique, a landmark book by feminist Betty Friedan published in 1963 that described the pervasive dissatisfaction among women in mainstream American society in the post-World War II period.
Nov 9, 2009 · Betty Friedan died of heart failure on February 4, 2006, in Washington, D.C. She is remembered as one of the leading voices of the feminist and women’s rights movement of the...
Feb 3, 2021 · If she were alive today, the feminist Betty Friedan would turn 100 this year. It has been 15 years since she died on her birthday, Feb. 4, 2006, at age 85, and on Thursday there’ll be a...
Feb 6, 2006 · Betty Friedan, the feminist crusader and author whose searing first book, ''The Feminine Mystique,'' ignited the contemporary women's movement in 1963 and as a result permanently transformed...
Jul 25, 2019 · Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921–February 4, 2006) was an author and activist whose seminal 1963 book "The Feminine Mystique" is credited with helping spark the modern feminist movement in the United States. Among her other accomplishments, Friedan was the founder and first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Betty Friedan was a feminist activist who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" and questioned the American housewife ideal.
Mar 13, 2018 · Betty Friedan expressed the dissatisfaction of some American women during the middle of the twentieth century. But she also made many men feel threatened. Later, critics said her book only dealt with the problems of white, educated, wealthy, married women.
