Betty Friedan
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Betty Friedan was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the secon
Friedan in 1960
Betty Friedan photographed by Lynn Gilbert, 1981
Friedan in 1987
Billington, Friedan, Ireton, and Rawalt
Second-wave feminism
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Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades, ending with the feminist sex wars in the early 1980s and being replaced by third-wa
Betty Friedan
…and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW…
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American Association of University Women members with President John F. Kennedy as he signs the Equal Pay Act into law in 1963
Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963