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Betty Friedan, feminist pioneer, has died at 85 (posted 4 February 2006)

Betty Friedan (4 February 1921 - 4 February 2006)

I just read from Dr. B. (2006-02-04) that Betty Friedan — author of The Feminine Mystique, founding member and first president of the National Organization for Women in 1966, founding member of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws in 1969, and one of the founding mothers of the second-wave feminist movement in the United States — died at her home today, on her 85th birthday. Friedan was a prescient, maddening, monumental, and complicated figure in the women’s movement, and she deserves much better than I could offer her by way of a memorial in the space and time that I have tonight.

More to come.

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  1. Linked by » jozjozjoz.com :: brain barf... yum!:

    In memory of a great woman: Betty Friedan

    A couple of weeks ago, I was sharing some stories from when I lived in Washington DC with two female friends who are about my age. One of the things I mentioned was the time that I had dinner with…

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    noticed 5 February 2006 at 1:17 am

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    Feminist Author Betty Friedan Dies at 85

    Betty Friedan, whose manifesto “The Feminine Mystique” became a best seller in the 1960s and laid th

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    noticed 5 February 2006 at 1:18 am

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