'''Betty Friedan''' is the author of ''The Feminine Mystique'', "now remembered mainly as a popular work of [[social criticism]] that called for major changes in the role of [[America]]n women, the greater part of the book was in fact devoted to an investigation of their status and their life choices at the beginning of the 1960s and how these had changed since [[World War II]]." <ref> [http://cf.en.cl/ Cheerless Fantasies] </ref> She was born in Peoria, [[Illinois]] in 1921 to [[Jew]]ish parents. She was a lifelong strong pro-choice advocate and in 1969 co-founded [[NARAL]] with Lawrence Lader. .
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'''Betty Friedan''' is the author of ''The Feminine Mystique'', "now remembered mainly as a popular work of [[social criticism]] that called for major changes in the role of [[America]]n women, the greater part of the book was in fact devoted to an investigation of their status and their life choices at the beginning of the 1960s and how these had changed since [[World War II]]." <ref> [http://cf.en.cl/ Cheerless Fantasies] </ref> She was born in Peoria, [[Illinois]] in 1921 to [[Jew]]ish parents and in her young days was influenced by [[Marxism]]. She was a lifelong strong advocate of legal [[abortion]] and in 1969 co-founded [[NARAL]] with Lawrence Lader. .