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The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.
Betty Friedan
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Betty Friedan
Age: 85 †
Born: 1921
Born: February 4
Died: 2006
Died: February 6
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Betty Naomi Goldstein
Bettye Naomi Goldstein
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[Feminist:] One who believes in the liberation of that which has been suppressed as female in a man.
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