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 ...

If you’ve watched any of “Mrs. America,” the star-studded miniseries about the battle of the Equal Rights Amendment, you may be wondering how accurately it captures this divisive chapter in American ...

Feminist and conservative icons Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schlafly took on the Equal Rights Amendment in a 1973 event.

BETTY FRIEDAN: I was born and grew up in Peoria, Illinois, which you might say is the middle of the middle of America, what used to be a synonym almost: "hick," "hayseed" or "will it play in Peoria".

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Betty Friedan published “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963, she set fire to a simmering discontent among millions of American women, blowing up the myth that feminine fulfillment began and ended ...