Betty Friedan
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Gender Issues, Sexism
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: Betty Friedan’s first book energized thousands of women and helped to initiate the feminist movement in the late 1960’s. Since that time, she has been a leader in the continuing struggle for women’s rights.
Early Life
Betty Naomi Goldstein was born on February 4, 1921, to jeweler Harry Goldstein and former journalist Miriam Horowitz Goldstein in Peoria, Illinois. She remembers the fact that her mother gave up a career in journalism to be a housewife. This, she believes, explains her mother’s enthusiastic encouragement of young...
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