Saturday, February 04, 2006
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan died this afternoon on her 85th birthday. No matter what you think of some of her political manueverings--such as purging NOW of all lesbians, her coverup of her own domestic violence--she gave Americans the language of liberal feminism, which was radical in itself.
Unfortunately, 43 years from the publication of The Feminine Mystique, we are still very far from equality.
Unfortunately, 43 years from the publication of The Feminine Mystique, we are still very far from equality.
