Betty Friedan and the

Feminist Movement
Activist
Local Hero
Friend

Pre-Feminist Movement
of the 1960s
What do you know?

Womens History

Women earn the right to vote

19th Amendment

Women rally and march on several cities.

Women during WWII

1963

Betty Friedan publishes her highly influential

book The Feminine Mystique, which describes
the dissatisfaction felt by middle-class
American housewives with the narrow role
imposed on them by society. The book
becomes a best-seller and galvanizes
the modern women's rights movement.

The Feminine Mystique

The problem that has no name

Women of the 1950s and 60s
Typical day of a women

Stay indoors
Take care of the family and household
Have dinner ready for their husband

The Feminine MystiqueCritical Thinking

Was it that big of a deal?

How can you tell?
How did women want change?
How was psychoanalysis incorporated in the
book?
How do Friedan and Freud disagree?
Maslows hierarchy of needs is mentioned and
disputed by Friedan. Do you agree?

1964

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bars

discrimination in employment on the basis of
race and sex. At the same time it establishes
the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) to investigate complaints and impose
penalties.

1966

The National Organization for Women (NOW)

is founded by a group of feminists including
Betty Friedan. The largest women's rights
group in the U.S.,
NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination,
especially in the workplace, by means of
legislative lobbying, litigation, and public
demonstrations.

1967

Executive Order 11375 expands President

Lyndon Johnson's affirmative action policy of
1965 to cover discrimination based on gender.

WOMEN UNITE!!

Friedan leading a strike in

Manhattan in 1970.

1971

Ms. Magazine is first published as a sample

insert in New York magazine; 300,000 copies
are sold out in 8 days. The first regular issue is
published in July 1972. The magazine
becomes the major forum for feminist voices,
and cofounder and editor Gloria Steinem is
launched as an icon of the modern feminist
movement.

EQUALITY NOW!!

EQUALITY

Friedan as an Author

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New

York: Norton, 1963.
Friedan, Betty. It Changed My Life: Writings
on the Women's Movement. New York:
Random House, 1976.
Friedan, Betty. Life So Far. New York: Simon
& Schuster, 2000.
Friedan, Betty. The Second Stage. New York:
Summit Books, 1981.

Betty Friedan
February 4, 1921February 4, 2006

How did Betty Friedan change the

world?

Write a one page summary about how the

world would be different if Betty Friedan was
not a part of the feminist movement.

Include: facts, dates, and, most importantly, YOUR

OPINIONS!!

References

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopic
s/people/f/betty_friedan/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/friedan.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1509730/
Betty-Friedan.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/FriedanBetty.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline2.ht
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