Betty Friedan Bio; Notable Work, Age, Height, Family, Education, Quotes

Betty Friedan born on February 4, 1921 was an American feminist writer and activist.

Friedan was born Bettye Naomi Goldstein on in Peoria, Illinois to Harry and Miriam (Horwitz) Goldstein, whose Jewish families were from Russia and Hungary.

She married Carl Friedan, a theater producer, in 1947 while working at UE News.

She continued to work after marriage, first as a paid employee and, after 1952, as a freelance journalist.

The couple divorced in May 1969, and Carl died in December 2005.

Friedan died of congestive heart failure at her home in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2006, her 85th birthday

Betty Friedan Notable Work

Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, a founding text of modern feminism that is considered one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.

Betty Friedan Age

Betty Friedan was born on February 4, 1921 and died February 4, 2006. She was 85 years.

Betty Friedan Height

Betty Friedan’s exact height is yet to be documented.

Betty Friedan Family

Betty Friedan was born to Harry and Miriam (Horwitz) Goldstein, whose Jewish families were from Russia and Hungary.

Betty married Carl Friedan in 1947 and unfortunately ⁠divorced in 1969.

Betty Friedan Education

Betty Friedan attended Peoria High School, and then attended the women’s Smith College in 1938.

In 1943 she spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley on a fellowship for graduate work in psychology

Betty Friedan Quotes

Notable quotes from Betty Friedan: “The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. There is no other way.” “Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves.”