Betty Friedan, 1921-2006

Source: New York Times/Corbis Sygma

Betty Friedan, a pioneer in the modern women's movement, died February 4, 2006, on her 85th birthday. In her book The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, she wrote about the frustrations of educated women, who were expected to remain housewives and find fulfillment in their husbands and children. She was a founder of the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus. See this list of web sites and books for more about Betty Friedan.

Web Sites

New York Times Obituary for Betty Friedan (Feb. 5, 2006)

The Legacy of Feminist Pioneer Betty Friedan
From NPR, this page also links to other audio files and an obituary

PBS: First Measured Century: Betty Friedan Interview

National Organization for Women: Tributes to Betty Friedan

National Women's Hall of Fame: Betty Friedan

The Femine Mystique, Chapter 1: "The Problem that Has No Name"

"Betty Friedan and the Radical Past of Liberal Feminism"

Books

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The following books contain articles on Betty Friedan:

Women in World History
Ref HQ 1115 .W6 1999

From Suffrage to the Senate: an encyclopedia of American women in politics
Ref HQ 1236.5 .U6 S32 1999

Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century American Cultural Theorists
Ref PS 21 .D5 v. 246

Encyclopedia of Leadership
Ref HD 57.7 .E53 2004