Betty Friedan, A Voice for Mothers, Women and the Aged

Feminist activist and author Betty Friedan died on Saturday, February 4th, her 85th birthday, of congestive heart failure. Betty Friedan was best known for her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, which played a huge role in sparking the second wave of the feminist movement. Betty Friedan's vision of a gentle, sensible, egalitarian path for feminist mothers, found in the book, is not often discussed but is worth reading. Later in life, Betty Friedan used her voice on behalf of the elderly in her 1993 book, The Fountain of Age.