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Betty Friedan

1921 - 2006

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Betty Friedan (; February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men.” In 1970, after stepping down as NOW's first president, Friedan organized the nationwide Women's Strike for Equality on August 26, the 50th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Friedan has received more than 2,719,400 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Betty Friedan is the 1,795th most popular writer (down from 1,213th in 2019), the 2,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,513th in 2019) and the 200th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 57.01

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  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

It changed my life
Histoire, Quelle, Frauenbewegung
1976
The fountain of age
Aging, Social aspects of Aging, Ageism
1993
The second stage
Decision making, Feminism, History
Warning the women's movement against dissolving into factionalism, male-bashing, and preoccupation with sexual and identity politics rather than bottom-line political and economic inequalities, Friedan argues that once past the initial phases of describing and working against political and economic injustices, the women's movement should focus on working with men to remake private and public arrangements that work against full lives with children for women and men both. Friedan's agenda to preserve families is far more radical than it appears, for she argues that a truly equitable preservation of marriage and family may require a reorganization of many aspects of conventional middle-class life, from the greater use of flex time and job-sharing, to company-sponsored daycare, to new home designs to permit communal housekeeping and cooking arrangements.
1981
La femme mystifiée
Femmes, Conditions sociales, Discrimination à l'égard des femmes
1973
Life So Far
Feminists, Biography, Feminism
2000
The Feminine Mystique
Women, Social conditions, Psychology
1963

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Betty Friedan ranks 1,795 out of 7,302. Before her are Gabriel Naudé, Djuna Barnes, Joseph D. Pistone, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Manuel Puig. After her are Frans Sammut, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Desanka Maksimović, Cangrande I della Scala, Lilya Brik, and Elvira Madigan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Betty Friedan ranks 114. Before her are Hannah Szenes, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Oskar Gröning, Meir Amit, Maurice Richard, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. After her are Arno Babajanian, Gavriil Ilizarov, Ralph Asher Alpher, Stein Rokkan, Manitas de Plata, and Deanna Durbin. Among people deceased in 2006, Betty Friedan ranks 91. Before her are Pietro Rava, Jack Warden, Anna Moffo, Paul Marcinkus, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Lee Jong-wook. After her are Rudolf Vrba, Óscar Míguez, Robert Plutchik, Walerian Borowczyk, Richard Kuklinski, and Pierre Clostermann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Friedan ranks 2,262 out of 20,380. Before her are Henry Murray (1893), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Johnny Winter (1944), Stanley Donen (1924), Chazz Palminteri (1952), and Michael Walzer (1935). After her are Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Carol Gilligan (1936), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), and John Conyers (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Betty Friedan ranks 200. Before her are Suzanne Collins (1962), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Robert Silverberg (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), and Joseph D. Pistone (1939). After her are Agnes Smedley (1892), Frederik Pohl (1919), Stephen Crane (1871), Rick Riordan (1964), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), and Anne Sexton (1928).

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