Join us for a free webinar to celebrate Betty Friedan and her legacy. Author, Journalist, Educator, Activist. A visible, ardent, and important advocate for women’s rights, dubbed the “mother” of the modern women’s movement. Author of The Feminine Mystique, 1963. A founder and first president of NOW. She organized the Women’s Strike for Equality on August 26, 1970 on the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage, to raise awareness about gender discrimination. A co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus with Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and Gloria Steinem in 1971. She published six books, taught at New York University and the University of Southern California, and lectured widely at women’s conferences around the world.
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Time
Feb 4, 2021 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
· U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
· U.S. Senator Charles Schumer
· Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine
· Gail Collins, author/journalist
· Christian Nunes, NOW president
· Jonathan Friedan, son
· Emily Friedan, daughter
· Heather Booth, activist
· Eleanor Pam, VFA president
· Muriel Fox, NOW co-founder and VFA chair
Jodi Moran, Pioneer Histories Project
Veteran Feminists of America