February 05, 2006

Betty Friedan

The famous "second-wave" feminist, perhaps best known as author of The Feminine Mystique, died yesterday at age 85.

(Hat tip, Scrivener)

Update: Excellent remembrances at the LA Times and Hugo Schwyzer.

Posted by Cleis at February 5, 2006 07:26 PM
Comments

I was expecting you to give me a hard time for bearing that bad news...

Posted by: Scrivener at February 6, 2006 12:29 PM