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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What prods our feminist foremothers into the light of reappraisal? The condition of women in the world is a changing state of affairs, except of course, depressingly, in all the ways it isn’t.

From NPR News this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Liane Hansen. Feminist icon Betty Friedan died yesterday at her home in Washington of congestive heart failure. It was her 85th birthday. In her manifesto, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Betty Friedan, whose manifesto “The Feminine Mystique” became a bestseller in the 1960s and laid the groundwork for the feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday. She was 85. Friedan ...

During a break in the recording of Virginia Graham’s television show, “Girl Talk,” Betty Friedan screamed at the audience: “If you don’t let me have my say I’m going to say the word ‘orgasm’ ten times ...

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

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 ...