Revisiting Betty Friedan’s Jewish legacy through the first biography of her in decades
On that day, she finally tore through the “feminine mystique” to affirm her full identity in public — as both a feminist and a Jew.
Friedan leads biggest-ever march of over 100,000 people in Washington DC in July 1978 to demand an extension to the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.(photo credit: FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION)