| Betty Friedan  AKA Bettye Naomi Goldstein
Born: 4-Feb-1921
Birthplace: Peoria, IL
Died: 4-Feb-2006
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Sag Harbor Jewish Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Rights for women spokesperson Father: Harry Goldstein (jeweler)
Mother: Miriam Horwitz Goldstein
Sister: Amy Goldstein Adams
Brother: Harry Goldstein
Boyfriend: David Bohm (physicist)
Husband: Carl Friedan (m. 12-Jun-1947, div. May-1969)
Son: Daniel (b. Oct-1948)
Son: Jonathan (b. Nov-1952)
Daughter: Emily (b. 23-May-1956)
High School: Peoria High School, Peoria, IL (1938)
University: Smith College (1942)
University: Psychology, UC Berkeley (one year, graduate studies)
Professor: University of Southern California,
Professor: New York University
Professor: George Mason University
Professor: Florida International University
Professor: Mount Vernon College
Professor: Cornell University
International Academy of Humanism Laureate
NARAL cofounder
National Organization for Women Co-founder, President (1966-70)
Bill Bradley for President
Campaign for America's Future
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Board Member
Phi Beta Kappa Society
National Women's Hall of Fame
Humanist of the Year 1975
Nervous Breakdown
Roast: Walter Cronkite (1997)
Russian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Asthma
Author of books:
The Feminine Mystique (1963, nonfiction)
The Second Stage (1981, nonfiction)
The Fountain of Age (1993, nonfiction)
Life So Far (2000, memoir)
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