Friedan’s Jewish identity at first took a backseat to her battle for women’s rights but eventually found a stage at the center of her public life, a new biography shows. (JTA) — When Betty Friedan ...

In 1949, Betty Friedan moved to a Queens garden apartment. Though later she would become world-famous for chronicling the discontents of women in post-World War II America, she had nothing bad to ...

If you’ve watched any of “Mrs. America,” the star-studded miniseries about the battle of the Equal Rights Amendment, you may be wondering how accurately it captures this divisive chapter in American ...

A look at the legacy of Betty Friedan, author and pioneer of the feminist movement then a discussion the impact of Friedan's life with NewsHour essayist Anne Taylor Flemming, who was a friend of ...

PEORIA - As a leader in the women's rights movement of the 1960's and '70s, Betty Friedan is one of the most influential people to come out of Peoria, but a lot of people don't know about her ...

BETTY FRIEDAN: I was born and grew up in Peoria, Illinois, which you might say is the middle of the middle of America, what used to be a synonym almost: "hick," "hayseed" or "will it play in Peoria".

T oday, Betty Friedan is recognized for two enormous accomplishments: her 1963 best seller, The Feminine Mystique, which helped push the women’s movement into the national conversation, and cofounding ...

Today is the anniversary of a book publishing event that was truly transformative: On Feb. 19, 1963, W.W. Norton published “The Feminine Mystique” by a then-unknown New York housewife named Betty ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — When ...

When Betty Friedan published “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963, she set fire to a simmering discontent among millions of American women, blowing up the myth that feminine fulfillment began and ended ...

In his paean to another age, David Denby studies four icons who defined American culture in the second half of the 20th century. By Alexander Nazaryan In “The Movement,” Clara Bingham captures the ...

In “The Movement,” Clara Bingham captures the years 1963-73 in the voices of the women who lived it. By Anna Holmes Lara Bazelon’s “Ambitious Like A Mother” is the latest addition to a tall pile of ...