Friedan, Betty

1. An author and political activist of the twentieth century, who has worked for the extension of women's rights. In 1963, Friedan published The Feminine Mystique , a book that proved fundamental to the women's movement of the 1960s and beyond. She was a founder of the National Organization for Women .

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Betty Friedan put the feelings of our mothers to words, publishing The Feminine Mystique.

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For him, her presence was not enough to balance out “Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton [and] Betty Friedan.”

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If Betty Friedan were still around, she might well have permitted herself a knowing smile.

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Rather than railing against Norwegian feminists, he attacks Betty Friedan and even the relatively obscure Ellen Willis.

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Feminist icon Betty Friedan wouldn't coin the phrase for three more years, but in 1960, NEWSWEEK had its finger on the pulse.

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