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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.
Daniel Harry Friedan (born October 3, 1948) [1] is an American theoretical physicist and one of three children of the feminist author and activist Betty Friedan. [2] He is a professor at Rutgers University .
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 ...
A biography of noted Peoria author and feminist Betty Friedan sits on a table in the dining room of her childhood home, currently for sale at 1011 N. Farmington Road in Peoria. Friedan was born ...
Betty Friedan, a graduate of Peoria High school, was one of the early leaders of the feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s.
Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique in response to her own experiences; the book's purpose was to fuel movement to a women's role outside of domestic environment. Acknowledging some satisfaction from raising children, cooking, and rearranging house decor was not enough to suffice the deeper desire for women to achieve an education. [16]
Betty Friedan, whose 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often regarded as the opening salvo of second-wave feminism in the United States, later said that reading The Second Sex in the early 1950s [92] "led me to whatever original analysis of women's existence I have been able to contribute to the Women's movement and its unique politics. I ...