Friedan
Betty (Naomi Gold·stein) [gohld-steen], /ˈgoʊld stin/, 1921–2006, U.S. women's-rights leader and writer.
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Betty Friedan put the feelings of our mothers to words, publishing The Feminine Mystique.
Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm and others started the National Organization for Women and Ms. Magazine.
For him, her presence was not enough to balance out “Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton [and] Betty Friedan.”
If Betty Friedan were still around, she might well have permitted herself a knowing smile.
Why DSK's Wife Beat Out Christine Lagarde as France's Woman of the Year | Leslie Bennetts | December 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTRather than railing against Norwegian feminists, he attacks Betty Friedan and even the relatively obscure Ellen Willis.
British Dictionary definitions for Friedan
/ (ˈfriːdən) /
Betty . 1921–2006, US feminist, founder and first president (1966–70) of the National Organization for Women. Her books include The Feminine Mystique (1963), The Second Stage (1982), and The Fountain of Life (1993)
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