As per our current Database, Betty Friedan has been died on Feb 4, 2006 (age 85).
When Betty Friedan die, Betty Friedan was 85 years old.
| Popular As | Betty Friedan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | February 4, 1921 (Peoria, IL) |
| Birthday | February 4 |
| Town/City | Peoria, IL |
| Nationality | IL |
Betty Friedan’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Betty Friedan was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Author of the groundbreaking 1963 work, The Feminine Mystique, and a leading figure in 20th-century American feminism's second wave. She established the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966 and served as the group's first President.
She studied psychology at Smith College and edited the campus newspaper. She began graduate study at the University of California-Berkeley, but dropped out of school to work as a left-wing Journalist.
She was a strong supporter of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
She married Carl Friedan in 1947; together, the couple had three children: Emily, Daniel, and Jonathan.
She and Rebecca West were both important feminist authors.
