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Friedan, Betty (1921–2006)
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“I did not set out consciously to start a revolution,” said Betty Friedan. Even so, her book
The Feminine Mystique
(1963) is credited with launching second wave feminism and significantly energizing the women's movement in the United States. Certainly, her path to revolution began inauspiciously enough. Born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, in Peoria, Illinois, she attended Smith College and then married Carl Friedan in 1947. Her story, though still questioned by some, is that she was fired from her job as a journalist as a direct result of her pregnancy with her second child. Like most women, she went home to devote herself to her family.
Title: Friedan, Betty (1921–2006)
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“I did not set out consciously to start a revolution,” said Betty Friedan.
Even so, her book
The Feminine Mystique
(1963) is credited with launching second wave feminism and significantly energizing the women's movement in the United States.
Certainly, her path to revolution began inauspiciously enough.
Born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, in Peoria, Illinois, she attended Smith College and then married Carl Friedan in 1947.
Her story, though still questioned by some, is that she was fired from her job as a journalist as a direct result of her pregnancy with her second child.
Like most women, she went home to devote herself to her family.
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