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| − | '''Betty Friedan''' (1921 - 2006) was 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]]<ref>http://www.ideasforwomen.com/issues/betty-friedan.php</ref>. She was a lifelong strong advocate of legal [[abortion]] and in 1969 co-founded [[NARAL]], an organization that sought to repeal abortion laws, with Lawrence Lader. She also co-founded [[N.O.W.]] and served as its president from 1966 to 1970. Friedan published her latest book, ''The Fountain of Aging'', in 1993. She is considered ''a key leader in the struggle for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment''. | + | '''Betty Friedan''' (1921 - 2006) was 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]]<ref>http://www.ideasforwomen.com/issues/betty-friedan.php</ref>. She was a lifelong strong advocate of legal [[abortion]] and in 1969 co-founded [[NARAL]], an organization that sought to repeal abortion laws, with Lawrence Lader. She also co-founded [[N.O.W.]] and served as its president from 1966 to 1970. Friedan also wrote: ''It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement, The Second Stage, Beyond Gender'', and she published her latest book, ''The Fountain of Aging'', in 1993 (Her autobiography ''Life so Far'' was published in 2000). She is considered ''a key leader in the struggle for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment''. |
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Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves. | Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves. | ||
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Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006) was 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 American 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." [1] She was born in Peoria, Illinois in 1921 to Jewish parents and in her young days was influenced by Marxism[2]. She was a lifelong strong advocate of legal abortion and in 1969 co-founded NARAL, an organization that sought to repeal abortion laws, with Lawrence Lader. She also co-founded N.O.W. and served as its president from 1966 to 1970. Friedan also wrote: It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement, The Second Stage, Beyond Gender, and she published her latest book, The Fountain of Aging, in 1993 (Her autobiography Life so Far was published in 2000). She is considered a key leader in the struggle for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves. |
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External links
- The Sexual Solipsism of Sigmund Freud.
- Betty Friedan. National Women’s Hall of Fame.