[news] Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan Dies at 85

Feminist author of The Feminine Mystique and co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) dies at age 85.

Born on February 4, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, Betty Goldstein graduated in 1942 from Smith College with a degree in psychology and, after a year of graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley, settled in New York City . . .

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I know there are many women, men, and Smithies out there simultaneously mourning and celebrating the life of this amazing woman!