Betty Friedan
(1921-2006)

American Feminist & Social Change Activist

National Women's Hall of Fame
1975 Humanist of the Year

birthdate: February 4
birthplace: Peoria, Illinois

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QUOTES

-Elders-
Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

-Women-
Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.

The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own. There is no other way.

A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination.