Friedan

[ fri-dan ]

noun

1. Betty (Naomi Gold·stein) [gohld, -steen], 1921–2006, U.S. women's-rights leader and writer.

Friedan

/ ˈfriːdən /

noun

1. FriedanBetty19212006FUSPOLITICS: feministWRITING: writer Betty . 1921–2006, US feminist, founder and first president (1966–70) of the National Organization for Women. Her books include The Feminine Mystique (1963), The Second Stage (1982), and The Fountain of Life (1993)

Example Sentences

The 1963 publication of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” helped pierce that myth and nudge the country into the second wave of American feminism.

From Los Angeles Times

Betty Friedan wrote that “housewifery expands to fill the time available,” and the same is true of bad political news.

From Seattle Times

Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” was already a best seller in the mid-1960s when Ms. Scanzoni began writing for Eternity, an evangelical Christian magazine that often challenged conservative attitudes on social issues.

From New York Times

Instead, her godmother gifts her a copy of Betty Friedan’s 1963 best seller, “The Feminine Mystique.”

From New York Times

Not long after Jewish author Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" had launched second-wave feminism, Harnick introduced the shtetl of Anatevka and its quaint ways through a song about unequal gender roles.

From Salon