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Betty Friedan


Born
in Peoria, Illinois, The United States
February 04, 1921

Died
February 04, 2006

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Genre
Nonfiction, Women & Gender Studies


American feminist Betty Naomi Friedan (née Bettye Naomi Goldstein) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963 and cofounded the National Organization for Women in 1966. This book started the "second wave" of feminism.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 31,133 ratings · 2,442 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors
The Feminine Mystique
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3.87 avg rating — 29,002 ratings — published 1963 — 166 editions
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The Problem That Has No Name
4.20 avg rating — 1,291 ratings — published 2018
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Fountain of Age
3.77 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1993 — 24 editions
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The Second Stage: With a Ne...
3.63 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1981 — 23 editions
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Life So far: A Memoir
3.83 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions
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"It Changed My Life": Writi...
3.83 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions
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Beyond Gender: The New Poli...
3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Betty Friedan: The Playboy ...
4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012
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“No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor. ”
― Betty Friedan
tags: feminism, housekeeping, orgasm, sex, sexuality, women
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“Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
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“It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.”
― Betty Friedan
tags: completion, feminism, identity, independence, living-vicariously, self-discovery, strength
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