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The Feminine Mystique
A book that Betty wrote. The book to this day is still regarded as being influential. It helped all women find a voice and brought awareness to the “no name” problem. The women of this time were expected to be housewives and be happy doing so. This book came after Betty interviewed women and found they weren’t happy just being housewives. This book is what would launch her into women’s activism. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/betty-friedan -
National Organization for Women
Betty founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) with Pauli Murray and Aileen Hernandez. She was the first president for the organization. She wrote the mission statement for the organization. The first activity for the NOW was to demand equal employment opportunities. They wanted to end sex-segregated ads for working help. It was her first steps into starting activism organizations. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/betty-friedan -
National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws and National Women’s Political Caucus
An association that Betty helped found. The name was changed after a court case, National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). She also co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971 with the help of congresswomen Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm along with Gloria Steinem who was a feminist. With These organizations helped her so she could make changes with the laws like gender pay inequality and pregnancy discrimination. Information came from same places as previous events. -
The Second Stage
Betty wrote many other books Along her life time, one being “The Second Stage” it was written to be a more modern feminist take than her book “The Feminine Mystique” She had gotten a lot of backlash from more modern feminist for only helping white heterosexual females and working with men. She was loosing her footing in the feminist community. This book I believe was her attempting to try and get back with the feminist movement of the time. https://www.biography.com/activist/betty-friedan -
Delegation of American Jewish Women
Betty headed the delegation which was organized by the American Jewish Congress. It was Jewish women who were dubbed themselves as “Women as Jews, Jews as Women”. This caused for the founding of the Israel Women‘s network. This was one of the last big events that Betty did before she passed away in 2006
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/friedan-betty
