Betty Friedan News & Updates

'Feminine Mystique' author Betty Friedan dies at age 85

Betty Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" became a best-seller in the 1960s and laid th...

Jul 03, 2026 • Tulsa World

Betty Friedan

In a conversation with the feminist writer Betty Friedan, she planted the seed that became the Natio...

Apr 24, 2026 • The New York Times

Who was Betty Friedan? The feminist pioneer and author was a Peoria native

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Mar 20, 2024 • Yahoo

Betty Friedan Woke Women From Mystique of Sleep – Women's eNews

Betty Friedan Woke Women From Mystique of Sleep Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique”...

Jun 16, 2025 • Women's eNews

Revisiting Betty Friedan’s Jewish legacy through the first biography of her in decades

(JTA) — When Betty Friedan published “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963, she set fire to a simmer...

Oct 05, 2023 • The Forward

How accurate is 'Mrs. America's' depiction of Betty Friedan? We checked

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Apr 24, 2020 • Yahoo

What Betty Friedan Saw Coming

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Feb 15, 2013 • Time

Contextualize Betty Friedan’s Work in Social Structure of Her Time

After reading Rachel Shteir’s thoughtful and nuanced essay, “The Abandonment of Betty Friedan”...

Sep 14, 2023 • The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Abandonment of Betty Friedan

T oday, Betty Friedan is recognized for two enormous accomplishments: her 1963 best seller, The Femi...

Sep 10, 2023 • The Chronicle of Higher Education

Betty Friedan Interview

QUESTION: Betty, let's begin with the obvious time and place, your birth. Where are you from? BETTY ...

Mar 08, 2022 • PBS

Waiting for Betty Friedan

Emmy Award-winner Ann Marcus (co-creator of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman") gives a feminist holler wi...

May 20, 2002 • Variety

What Betty Friedan Knew

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Dec 01, 2023 • Yahoo

Feminist Icon Betty Friedan Dies on 85th Birthday

A look at the legacy of Betty Friedan, author and pioneer of the feminist movement then a discussion...

Feb 05, 2006 • PBS

The Triumph and Tragedy of Betty Friedan

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Moira Donegan on lessons from the life of a feminist titan....

Sep 16, 2023 • The Nation

Betty Friedan, 1921-2006

Betty Friedan is dead at 85–a brilliant, pugnacious woman who lived a big life and wrote a big boo...

Feb 08, 2006 • The Nation