Quotes by : Betty Friedan

Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover....

In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated....

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

When one begins to think about it, America depends rather heavily on women's passive dependence, their....

It is perhaps beside the point to remark that bowling alleys and supermarkets have nursery facilities,....

A woman today who has no goal, no purpose, no ambition patterning her days into the future, making her....

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being....

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your....

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

Chosen motherhood is the real liberation. The choice to have a child makes the whole experience of motherhood....