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Name: Betty Friedan
Birth Date: February 4, 1921
Place of Birth: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: women's rights activist, author, organization founder

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Biography of Betty Friedan
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Betty Friedan (born 1921) is a women's rights activist, author of The Feminine Mystique, and a founding member of the National Organization for Women, the National Abortion Rights Action League, and the National Women's Political Caucus. Betty Friedan...
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Biography of Betty (Naomi) Friedan
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With the publication of The Feminine Mystique (1963) Betty Friedan helped launch the second wave of the women's movement in the United States. Led by what she calls her "inner Geiger counter," she pioneered the investigation into the difference between...


Quotations
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Betty Friedan Quotes
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Betty Friedan ( 4 February 1921 - 4 February 2006 ) was a "second-wave" feminist best known for The Feminine Mystique , a critique of women's role as stay-at-home mothers. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Feminine Mystique (1963) 1.2 The Fountain of Age...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Friedan, Betty Summary
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(b. February 4, 1921) Influential feminist, author of The Feminine Mystique. Bettye (later changed to Betty) Naomi Goldstein was born on February 4, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, to a jewelry store owner and a society page editor. She graduated from...
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Friedan, Betty
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(born Feb. 4, 1921, Peoria, Ill., U.S.—died Feb. 4, 2006, Washington, D.C.) American feminist best known for her book The Feminine Mystique (1963), which explored the causes of the frustrations of modern women in traditional roles. Bettye...
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Friedan, Betty
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(born Feb. 4, 1921, Peoria, Ill., U.S.—died Feb. 4, 2006, Washington, D.C.) U.S. feminist. She attended Smith College and worked in New York before marrying and having children. Her dissatisfaction with her role as housewife prompted her to write...
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Betty Friedan Information
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Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book The Feminine Mystique....
 


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Betty Friedan
02/07/2006: 651 words, approx. 2 pages
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-07-2006 Betty Friedan Date: 02-07-2006, Tuesday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions THE WOMAN who was once considered "more of a threat to the United States than the Russians" started out four decades ago with what sounded...
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The Washington Post
Rereading Betty Friedan
02/08/2006: 884 words, approx. 3 pages
Betty Friedan had a thing about floor care. Mopping the linoleum, scrubbing the bathroom tile, vacuuming a mere twice weekly -- this humdrum trope runs through "The Feminine Mystique" with the insistent drone of a "new electric waxer over the spotless kitchen floor." The...
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The New York Observer
Betty Friedan Lives! Fearless Feminists Form at Fake-Fireman-Filled F\'90te
4/15/2007: 449 words, approx. 2 pages
On Wednesday, April 4, at the L&M Arts gallery on East 78th, the actor Denis Leary and his wife Ann hosted a party for their friend Dani Shapiro, celebrating her new novel Black & White, about two grown daughters’ relationship with their dying mother, a...
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AP News
Women's group plans to endorse Clinton
3/27/2007: 1,041 words, approx. 4 pages
The political arm of NOW, the National Organization for Women, will endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid on Wednesday, according to Democratic officials familiar with the plan.Clinton will join NOW president Kim Gandy to accept the endorsement, which will take place at Washington's Sewell-Belmont...
 


Criticism and Essays
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The contemporary women's movement and Betty Friedan
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It is about the famous feminist author Betty Friedan and her connection with the contemporary women's movement also known as feminism. Not yet finished, any suggestions?


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