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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 2,749,382 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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  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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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