Alisha Baig

Destiny Trujillo
Miranda Montes
Momoe Tamida

Annotated Bibliography
Secondary Sources:
1. Dreier, Peter. Betty Friedan's ''The Feminine Mystique'': 50 Years Later.
Truthout,
Truthout, 2003,
www.truth-out.org/news/item/14514-betty-friedans-the-feminine-mystique-50-years-later
.

This website gave more of a different view on what Friedan accomplished during
her movement, which provided us different perspectives. The resource discussed
the toll Friedans influence is taking on today's millennials. Though, the source
talked about Friedans family, neighborhood, and how it was difficult for Friedan,
growing up as a Jewish girl.

2. Editors, Bradley University. Friedan's Writings. Bradley University: Friedan's

Writings, Bradley University, www.bradley.edu/sites/bettyfriedantribute/writings/.

Our group used this website for own of our pages to describe Friedans books.
And this website gave us a specific summary on all 6 of Friedans books.

Although, the source mainly goes on about how Friedans book, The Feminine
Mystique, came to be, the informer additionally speaks about the impacts each
book made.

3. Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Betty

Friedan. Encyclopedia Britannica Online,
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Oct. 2007, www.britannica.com/biography/Betty-Friedan.
We used the information on this web page to gain more insight on Friedan and the
stance she took. Due to how this site presented a very detailed summarization of
Friedans life. In particular, the source describes some of Friedans major books,
with explanations on how she became a founder and the president of
N.O.W(National Organization for Women).

4. Editors, NWHM. National Women's History Museum. Education &Amp; Resources National Women's History Museum - NWHM, NWHM,
www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/betty-friedan/.

This website assisted us in finding background information on Friedan before her

feminist movement began. The informant enlightened us on the many
empowering impacts Friedan created. In addition, the source discusses how The
Feminine Mystique came to be.

5. Editors, World
Biography. Betty Friedan Biography. Betty Friedan Biography, World
Biography, www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Friedan-Betty.html.
This reference helped us understand one of the reasons on why Friedan went into
journalism. The website also explained how Friedans influence endured.
Furthermore, the source also briefly talked about how her careers, kids, and a
husband didnt stop her from pursuing her passions as a feminist leader.

6. Fox, Margalit. Betty Friedan, Who Ignited Cause in 'Feminine Mystique,' Dies at 85.
The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 Feb. 2006,
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/us/betty-friedan-who-ignited-cause-in-feminine-mystique
-dies-at-85.html.

The article provided, helped us with our page that explains Friedans transition
out of the gender role set for women. This source contributed a brief but detailed
biography of Betty Friedan. According to the reference, Friedan was first a
housewife, but clearly the job didnt suit her. Therefore, she decided to break the
gender roles set, for herself and for women all over the country. In addition, the
site gave descriptions of her achievements, which helped us with two pages
dedicated to her outcomes.

7. History, Digital. Digital History. Digital History, Digital History, 2016,

www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3346.

This site helped me find information for our website and the different outcomes of
the Womens Liberation Movement. The textbook discussed the beginning and
evolution of the movement. Also, the source talks about what was achieved
through the movement.

8. History.com Staff. Betty Friedan. History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009,

www.history.com/topics/womens-history/betty-friedan.

This site helped me efficiently understand her beliefs, history, and family. The
article gave us a furthermore understanding of Friedans history. Also, the source
provided videos about Friedans influence and speeches related to her.

9. Kaplan, Marion. Betty Friedan. Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical

Encyclopedia, Jewish Women's Archive, Jan. 2009,
jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/friedan-betty.

The page brought us a clear and precise understanding of what Friedans impact
brought. This source also provided specific details about Friedans books, such as
The Feminine Mystique, It Changed my Life, The Second Stage, and Life so far. In
addition, the website summarized Friedans careers before becoming an
influential figure.

10. Korduri, Vimal S. Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women. Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study at Harvard University, 20 Nov. 2013,
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/video/betty-friedan-and-national-organization-women.

This website showed us a video on the accomplishments of Friedan and N.O.W

(National Organization for Women), gave us a better understanding of N.O.Ws
purpose. The source was very descriptive in what Friedan accomplished alone,
and with N.O.W.

11. Maslin, Janet. Looking Back at a Domestic Cri De Coeur. The New York Times, The
New York Times, 18 Feb. 2013,
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/books/betty-friedans-feminine-mystique-50-years-later.ht
ml.

In this article, the editor describes her own experience of reading The Feminine
Mystique. This gave us a better understanding of different perspectives towards
the book. The source praises Friedans influence on gender equality and on how
much women owe her. In addition, the author talks about her experience with
Betty Friedan.

12. Menand, Louis. Books As Bombs. The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2011,
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/01/24/books-as-bombs.

This website stated information about Friedan was she was a housewife. We used
this source to help us with our page that describes Friedans history. The
informant also described how Friedan broke out of her unfulfilled life as a
housewife, and helped many other women do the same. In addition, the article
showed us what happened after Friedans movement.

13. Parry, Manon. Betty Friedan: Feminist Icon and Founder of the National Organization
for Women. American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association,
Sept. 2010, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920964/.
This web page helped us understand how Friedans parents were. For example,
the source talks about her parents professions and if they supported Friedan. In
addition, the page describes Friedans observations of the gender roles in their
time era. An excerpt from the article states, ...women were confined by the
expectation that they should stay at home and focus all their energy on family
life. This supports the fact that Friedan knew about the problem that has no
name and wanted to help .

14. Rivera, Rebeca, and Shawna Campbell, director. 1950s Housewife to Women's Activist:
Betty Friedan. Youtube, 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO304aoUAWE.
The video helped us by giving us a better understanding of how she helped
women through oppression. This reference also provided information on her
Women's Liberation Movement of 1963, which helped us gain more knowledge
on that movement. In addition, the documentary included Friedans history,
accomplishments, and some additional facts.

15. Wolfe, Molly. This Day in History: National Organization for Women Was Founded.
National Organization for Women, National Organization for Women, 2015,
http://now.org/update/this-day-in-history-now-founded/.

This website gave us information on how N.O.W(National Organization for

Women) came to be. The site also explained what the tired and oppressed women
did, after following Friedans influence. Therefore, the source revealed that
women followed in Friedans footsteps by founding a parallel effort that ensured
gender-equality.

Primary Sources:

16. Editors, Https://www.facebook.com/historywomen About Education. Select Quotes

from Betty Friedan, Feminist Founder. About.com Education, About Education, 31 Oct.
2016, womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/betty_friedan.htm.
This source gave an inside us a vision of how Friedan felt throughout her life. For
example, she believed men werent the enemy, but also fellow victims of society.

The memorable quotes stated by Friedan in the reference, gave us an even better
understanding idea of what her beliefs were.

17. Erickson, Kathleen. Interview with Betty Friedan. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 1 Sept. 1994,
www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/the-region/interview-with-betty-friedan.

This website captions an interview with Friedan, which helps us answer the
questions we wish we couldve asked Friedan. The interviewer asked very good
questions on Friedans thoughts regarding womens rights, such as equal pay
between men and women.

18. Librarians, Schlesinger. Research Guides: Betty Friedan : Home. Betty Friedan Research Guides at Harvard Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard
University, guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_betty_friedan.
This website contributed images of both before and after Friedan became an
activist and author. The images showed us a whole new entire perspective on
Friedans personal life during her youth. For example, we found a portrait of
Friedan in junior high school and used it for a page on our website.

19. Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York: W.W. Norton, 1963. Print.
This primary document is a book written by Friedan herself. The book showed us
the problems of the voiceless and undermined housewives, who were too scared

to speak out. Though, it primarily showed Friedans perspective on the feminine

mystique that was affecting generations of women.

20. Friedan, Betty. Beyond Gender. W.W Norton 1997. Print.

This source is one of Friedans books she had written, which had helped us find
quotes for our website. In addition, we summarized this book on own of our web
pages. In the book, she stated, A girl should not expect special privileges because
of her sex, but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination. This
supports that women should not assume privileges, but earn them.

21. PBS. Betty Friedan Interview. PBS, PBS, www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/friedan.htm.

The interview viewed on this website was very helpful. For instance, the
interviewer asked many informal questions and Friedan presented more than
adequate answers. Overall, this source helped me audibly apprehend more of the
life she had, outside of writing empowering books and starting movements.

22. Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. Betty Friedan Interview. 20 Dec. 2016.

In this interview, we emailed Loretta Letty Cottin Pogrebin. The source and
interviewee helped our group by providing insight on a more personal level. For
example, she described how Friedan treated the opposite sex, how Friedan
affected her, and what Friedans message would be to girls now. In addition,
Pogrebin was undoubtedly helpful and cooperative in answering our questions.