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Betty Friedan (/ ˈ f r iː d ən, f r iː ˈ d æ n, f r ɪ-/; [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.
The Feminine Mystique is a book by American author Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States. [2] First published by W. W. Norton on February 19, 1963, The Feminine Mystique became a bestseller, initially selling over a million copies.
Who was Betty Friedan? Betty Friedan was an early leader of the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and '70s. Published in 1963, her book, "The Feminine Mystique," voiced the frustrations of ...
Feminist Betty Jameson Armistead sent a letter to Betty Friedan and others proposing the strike. [8] Betty Friedan, writer of The Feminine Mystique, and a leader of second-wave feminism, then planned the protest to commemorate the anniversary of landmark legislation, and spotlight current battles.
Betty Friedan, a graduate of Peoria High school, was one of the early leaders of the feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s.
Susan Oliver author of the biography Betty Friedan: The Personal Is Political, relies on the phrase in her attempt “to pull Friedan from the shadow of her most famous work and invites us to examine her personal life in order that we may better understand and appreciate 'the impact and influence' of her activities on the women's rights ...
Betty Friedan (1921–2006) was a liberal feminist prominent in the 1960s. [75] She was a co-founder and the first president of NOW , and contributed to the second wave feminism. Her book The Feminine Mystique , written in 1963, became a landmark bestseller and significantly influential by rebuking the fulfillment of middle-class women for ...
Circling back to those teenage girls and what they intuited before everyone else, something that the feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan said in the film really resonated with me.