Betty Friedan, 85; writer who ignited the U.S. feminist movement OBITUARY

International Herald Tribune | February 6, 2006| | Copyright

Margalit Fox
International Herald Tribune
02-06-2006
Betty Friedan, the feminist crusader and author whose searing first book, ''The Feminine Mystique,'' ignited the contemporary American women's movement in 1963, permanently transforming the social fabric of the United States and countries around the world, died Saturday on her 85th birthday at her home in Washington.The cause was congestive heart failure, said Emily Bazelon, a family spokeswoman.With its impassioned yet clear-eyed analysis of the issues that affected American women's lives in the decades after World War II including ...

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