Betty Friedan was an American feminist writer and activist whose 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is widely credited with helping spark the second wave of American feminism. In 1966 she co-founded the National Organization for Women and became its first elected president, an organization built around bringing women into full and equal partnership with men in American society. Her writing and organizing made her one of the leading figures of the American women's movement of her era.
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was an American feminist, activist, and writer.
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was an American feminist, activist, and writer.
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Betty Friedan (; February 4, 1921, February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist.
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In 1943 she spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley on a fellowship for graduate work in psychology with Erik Erikson.
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