Creative Quotations from . . .
Betty Friedan
(1921-2006) born on Feb 4
US "feminist, activist, writer". "She founded "NOW," 1960; president until 1970; wrote "The Feminine Mystique," 1963."
 
   
F
It is easier to live life through someone else than to become complete yourself.

R
The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.
A
When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.
N
"A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all."
K
Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997."
R: ""The Feminine Mystique," ch. 13, 1963."
A: "In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997."
N: ""The Feminine Mystique," ch. 14, 1963."
K: "In "Parade," 20 Mar 1994."



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