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<html> <head> <title>Betty Friedan</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/865/000022799/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Betty Friedan</b></font><p><img src="friedan7-sized.jpg" height=322 width=260 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Betty Friedan"><b>AKA</b> Bettye Naomi Goldstein<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/552/000106234/" class=proflink>4-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/920/000105605/" class=proflink>1921</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/657/000069450/" class=proflink>Peoria, IL</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/918/000106600/" class=proflink>4-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/891/000110561/" class=proflink>2006</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/761/000069554/" class=proflink>Washington, DC</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Heart Failure<br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, Sag Harbor Jewish Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Female<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/199/000068992/" class=proflink>Activist</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Rights for women spokesperson<p><b>Father:</b> Harry Goldstein (jeweler)<br><b>Mother:</b> Miriam Horwitz Goldstein<br><b>Sister:</b> Amy Goldstein Adams<br><b>Brother:</b> Harry Goldstein<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> <a href="/people/859/000116511/">David Bohm</a> (physicist)<br><b>Husband:</b> Carl Friedan (m. 12-Jun-1947, div. May-1969)<br><b>Son:</b> Daniel (b. Oct-1948)<br><b>Son:</b> Jonathan (b. Nov-1952)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Emily (b. 23-May-1956)<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/697/000080457/">Peoria High School, Peoria, IL (1938)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/243/000081997/">Smith College (1942)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/470/000068266/">Psychology, UC Berkeley (one year, graduate studies)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/515/000068311/">University of Southern California,</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/490/000068286/">New York University</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/663/000079426/">George Mason University</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/615/000079378/">Florida International University</a><br> Professor: Mount Vernon College<br> Professor: <a href="/edu/540/000068336/">Cornell University</a><br><p> <a href="/org/616/000067415/">International Academy of Humanism</a> Laureate<br> <a href="/org/934/000116586/">NARAL</a> cofounder<br> <a href="/org/811/000041688/">National Organization for Women</a> Co-founder, President (1966-70)<br> <a href="/org/105/000172586/">Bill Bradley for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/926/000121563/">Campaign for America's Future</a> <br> <a href="/org/569/000050419/">Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.</a> Board Member<br> <a href="/org/512/000041389/">Phi Beta Kappa Society</a> <br> <a href="/honors/867/000046729/">National Women's Hall of Fame</a> <br> <a href="/honors/151/000165653/">Humanist of the Year</a> 1975<br> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> <br> <a href="/group/121/000172602/">Roast: Walter Cronkite (1997)</a> <br> <a href="/lists/591/000044459/">Russian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/785/000064593/">Asthma</a><br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Feminine Mystique</i> (<tt>1963</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>The Second Stage</i> (<tt>1981</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>The Fountain of Age</i> (<tt>1993</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>Life So Far</i> (<tt>2000</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22799"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22799">Betty Friedan</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=22799" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>