friedan, betty

A biography of the author of "The Feminine Mystique" who helped found the National Organization for Women in 1966.

A biography of Betty Friedan, tracing the development of her feminist outlook from her childhood in Peoria, Illinois through her ten-year career as a writer for two radical labor journals.

Follows the life and work of the feminist who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" and helped found the National Organization for Women.

Focuses on the childhood and youth of the writer, thinker, and social activist Betty Friedan.