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Survey that Betty Friedan gave to her Smith College classmates. Digital image.
Schlesinger Library. N.p., 2013. Web. 4 Jan. 2017.

Analyzing the survey that Betty Friedan gave to her former classmates helped us
to better understand what kind of information she was hoping to gain from the
survey. We also feel that it helps us to explain how Betty Friedan came to the
realization of womens overall dissatisfaction with their lives. This survey can be
seen on the Background page of our website.

Interviews

"Betty Friedan Interview." PBS. Wisconsin Public Television, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2017.

We decided to put this interview directly on our website since we thought it was
the best overall interview of the ones we found. This interview done by PBS gave
us a more in-depth story of how Betty Friedan first noticed how unequal men and
women were.

Betty Friedan Interview. Prod. John Rouse. Perf. Betty Friedan. WIPB TV, 1985.
YouTube. Ball State University Libraries, 09 Oct. 2015. Web. 15 Jan. 2017.

This interview of Betty Friedan provided a different point of view on equality. It


lead us realize that equality isnt only a problem in society, but has a large impact
on the way families are run as well.

Conversation With Betty Friedan. Perf. Betty Friedan and Mary Hartman. Center for
American Women and Politics, 2002. YouTube. Rutgers State University, 14
Dec. 2014. Web. 14 Jan. 2017.

Watching this interview put the equality of men and women into a different
perspective by posing the question, Why shouldnt men care for their own
children just as women do? It also gave us more information about the pay gap
and its impact on society.
Erickson, Kathleen. "Interview with Betty Friedan." Minneapolisfeed.org. Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 1 Sept. 1984. Web. 20 Jan. 2017.

In this interview Betty Friedan talks about how the purpose of a job should not
only be for money, but should be for satisfaction too. This was a perspective on
work that we had not thought about before.

One of America's Great Feminists. Perf. Betty Friedan. CBC TV, 1964. YouTube. CBC
TV, 24 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Jan. 2017.

This interview that CBC had with Betty Friedan gave us a new view and taught us
that equality work doesnt only benefit women. In parts of the interview, she
explains the benefits that men can gain from equality work as well.

Scheer, Robert. "Los Angeles Times Interview : Betty Friedan." Los Angeles Times. Los
Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 1992. Web. 28 Jan. 2017.

The most helpful part of this interview was when Betty Friedan discussed her
thoughts on abortion rights. It gave us the perspective that abortion should simply
be the right to choose since a child is a large responsibility that some people
arent able to handle or do not want to be involved with.

Newspapers

Eau Claire Leader Telegram 25 Sept. 1976, Vol. 7 No. 93 ed.: n. pag. Newspaper
Archive. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

This article made us notice how widely known Betty Friedan was during her
lifetime. She did not live in or do many things in Wisconsin, yet she appeared in
several Wisconsin newspapers. This article is about inequality in the workforce.

Friedan, Betty. "Feminism's Next Step." The New York Times 5 July 1981: n. pag. The
New York Times on the Web. Web. 10 Feb. 2017.

This newspaper article written by Betty Friedan gave us a better understanding of


what her idea of the Second Stage was. It also gave us some specific examples
of how men used to treat women.

Friedan, Betty. "How to Get the Women's Movement Moving Again." The New York
Times 3 Nov. 1985: n. pag. The New York Times on the Web. Web. 10 Feb.
2017.

In this article written by Betty Friedan, she discusses how she doesnt think the
womens movement is over, and that women need to keep working. This article
gave us a great example of how determined she was, and her willingness to
voice her opinion.
Friedan, Betty. "No Hype, Issues, Please." The New York Times 9 Apr. 1984: n. pag.
The New York Times on the Web. Web. 10 Feb. 2017.

This excerpt from an article that Betty Friedan wrote talks about what she thinks
the outcome of re-electing President Reagan would be. This article helped us to
realize how strongly she felt against President Reagan.

Friedan, Betty. "Twenty Years After 'The Feminine Mystique'." The New York Times 27
Feb. 1983: n. pag. The New York Times on the Web. Web. 10 Feb. 2017.

Throughout this article, Betty Friedan writes about the status of the womens
movement. We found this article useful because it gave us the old and new
statistics of how many women with children also held jobs. It showed us just how
much of a difference she and others had made in the womens movement.

Friedan, Betty. "Women in the Firing Line." The New York Times 28 Oct. 1984: n. pag.
The New York Times on the Web. Web. 10 Feb. 2017.

In this article, Betty Friedan writes about some of the things she has done and
places she has visited throughout the summer of 1984. Reading this article
showed us how dedicated Betty Friedan was to the womens movement and how
much time she spent working for equality.

Storck, Dorothy. "Betty's Right Again." Wisconsin State Journal [Madison] 19 Nov. 1985:
n. pag. Newspaper Archive. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

Seeing a newspaper article about Betty Friedan in a Wisconsin newspaper


showed us how widely known Betty Friedan was. This article was eye opening to
us because it talks about how younger generations take for granted the rights
that people like Betty Friedan worked very hard to give us.

Photographs

Betty Friedan during the Women's Strike for Equality. Digital image. WordPress. N.p., 2
May 2011. Web. 4 Feb. 2017.

Betty Friedan is pictured leading the Womens Strike. She looks very determined,
and the sign that she holds shows that she wants equality. This photo helped us
to show what the Womens Strike for Equality looked like.

Betty Friedan in a posed portrait. Digital image. AnthroScape. N.p., 2 July 2014. Web.
12 Feb. 2017.

This photo was used in the slideshow on the homepage of our website. We put
this in the slideshow to show the viewer what Betty Friedan looked like.
Betty Friedan portrait. Digital image. QuoteHer. N.p., 26 May 2010. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

This photo of Betty Friedan during her later life was used on our Interviews page
to decorate the page. We chose to add photos and quotes of Betty Friedan on
this page to keep the reader interested in learning about her.

Betty Friedan speaking at a meeting. Digital image. People. N.p., 6 Feb. 2006. Web. 12
Feb. 2017.

Betty Friedan is shown talking to an audience about feminism in this photo. We


used it to decorate the side of our Interviews page.

Betty Friedan speaking during her earlier adult life. Digital image. Schlesinger Library.
N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2017.

This photo of Betty Friedan is placed in the slideshow on our homepage. We


chose this photo because she is younger in it. This contrasts with the several
photos of Betty Friedan in her later life that are included in our website.

Betty Friedan speaking for women's equality. Digital image. Fact File. N.p., 22 June
2015. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

In this photo, Betty Friedan is shown talking to an audience about womens


rights. This photo stood out to us because her firm hand motions show that she
feels strongly about and means what she says.

Betty Friedan speaking for women's equality. Digital image. Today's Insight News. N.p.,
25 May 2015. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

This photo is a part of our Interviews page, and was chosen to show that Betty
Friedan still fought for womens rights even through her later years in life.

Betty Friedan talking to an audience about feminism. Digital image. The Nation. N.p., 15
Sept. 2010. Web. 2 Jan. 2017.

We chose to put this photo as the background of all of the headers on our
website. We chose this specific photo because we thought that this photo best
represented Betty Friedan. It represented her well because she was giving a
speech while wearing feminist pins, and feminism was Betty Friedans main focus
through her life.
Betty Friedan with a "Women Unite" sign. Digital image. New York Times. N.p., 18 Feb.
2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

In this photo, Betty Friedan is pictured clapping and smiling at one of the several
protests she took part in. We felt that this photo truly showed how proud she was
of her accomplishments, and think it represents that women can accomplish
whatever goals they set their minds to.

"Beyond Gender" book cover. Digital image. Wilson Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb.
2017.

We used this photo of Betty Friedans Beyond Gender book cover in a slideshow
on one of our website pages, Betty Friedans Writing, to show the viewer what
her book looked like. In this book, Betty Friedan explains how a new movement
needs to happen.

"It Changed My Life" book cover. Digital image. Book Depository. N.p., n.d. Web. 12
Feb. 2017.

This photo of Betty Friedans It Changed My Life book can be found on the Betty
Friedans Writing page of our website. In It Changed My Life, Betty Friedan writes
about how her book, The Feminine Mystique, has changed womens lives.

"Life So Far" book cover. Digital image. The Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Stanford University, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

In her book, Life So Far, Betty Friedan writes about the things she has
accomplished so far and how much work it took to make the changes she made.
This photo of the Life So Far book cover is a part of a slideshow on the Betty
Friedans Writing page of our website.

March for Life in Washington, D.C. Digital image. Life News. N.p., 27 Jan. 2017. Web.
16 Feb. 2017.

This photo shows a long line of people holding a large March For Life sign that
we used in the Feminism in the U.S. page of our website. This annual march is
held to protest abortion.

Philadelphia Women's March. Digital image. Peach Plum Pear Photography. N.p., 22
Jan. 2017. Web. 2 Feb. 2017.

This photo of the Womens March in Philadelphia is used in the Feminism in the
U.S. page of our website. We chose to use this photo because it showed that
people all over the United States were marching for womens rights.

Photo illustrating the pay gap. Digital image. CNN Money. CNN, 9 Nov. 2015. Web. 19
Jan. 2017.

This photo illustrating the pay gap was used in our website to draw the readers
attention to what the pay gap is. We chose this photo because of its ability to
prove a point with simplicity.

Photo of the Women's March in NYC. Digital image. T.O.I. House. N.p., 23 Jan. 2017.
Web. 16 Feb. 2017.

This photo shows the sea of people that were at the Womens March. In this
photo, you can see some of the signs that people held. These signs help to show
what things women were marching for or against.

Portrait of Betty Friedan. Digital image. The Robinson Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan.
2017.

This is a posed photo of Betty Friedan that we included on our Interviews page to
add detail and continue the black and white theme of our website.

Professional portrait of Betty Friedan in 1977. Digital image. Mayotte Magnus Portraits.
N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

This professional photo of Betty Friedan was included in our Interviews page. We
chose this photo because it fit our theme well, and we thought it was a nice photo
of her.

"The Feminine Mystique" book cover. Digital image. Good Reads. N.p., n.d. Web. 12
Feb. 2017.

The Feminine Mystique is a book written by Betty Friedan in which she writes
about her findings from multiple surveys she gave to women asking about their
lives. This photo of the book cover is in a slideshow on our Betty Friedans
Writing website page.

"The Fountain of Age" book cover. Digital image. Tower Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb.
2017.

In Betty Friedans book, The Fountain of Age, she writes about the study of aging
and how people face the change of aging. This photo of the book cover of The
Fountain of Age can be found in the slideshow on the Betty Friedans Writing
page of our website.
"The Second Stage" book cover. Digital image. Good Reads. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb.
2017.

Betty Friedans book, The Second Stage, is a book about how the first stage of
feminism is over, and tells the reader that it is time to deal with the problems of a
new generation of women. We used this photo of Betty Friedans The Second
Stage on the Betty Friedans Writing page of our website.

Woman with a loudspeaker at the Women's March. Digital image. Broadly. N.p., 20 Jan.
2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

We liked this photo because it showed that women still fight for equality today,
and liked that it showed a woman having a voice.

Women's March aerial view. Digital image. The New York Times. N.p., 21 Jan. 2017.
Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

In this aerial photo, we liked that the large crowd of people who attended the
Womens March can be seen. The fact that so many people, both men and
women, attended this march is shocking.

Women's March on Washington. Digital image. Joseph Michael Photography. N.p., 27


Jan. 2017. Web. 16 Feb. 2017.

This photo shows a group of people marching down a street in Washington


during the Womens March. We put this photo in the Feminism in the U.S. page
of our website to show another view of all of the people involved in the Womens
March.
Secondary Sources
Advertisements

Always #LikeAGirl- Unstoppable Ad. YouTube, 7 July 2015. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

This advertisement by Always is in our website under the Feminism Today


section. It shows that although it isnt as large of an issue as it used to be,
women are still often valued as less than men.

Audi #DriveProgress- "Daughter" Superbowl Ad. Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb.
2017.

In this 2017 Super Bowl ad, Audi, a car company, gives viewers the message
that women are just as good as men despite what society thinks. At the end of
this commercial, Audi shows the message that they believe in equal pay. We
decided to put this ad under the Feminism Today part of our website to show that
equality is still an issue.

Books

Archer, Jules, and Naomi Wolf. The Feminist Revolution: A Story of the Three Most
Inspiring and Empowering Women in American History. New York: Sky Pony,
2015. Print.

This book was very helpful to us because it provided a detailed description of


Betty Friedans life. Most of the other biographies that we found gave summaries
of her life, but this one gave specific examples that helped us feel as if we were
living in her life.

Online News Sources

Bazelon, Emily. "The Mother of Feminism." The New York Times Magazine. The New
York Times, 30 Dec. 2006. Web. 6 Jan. 2017.

After reading this article, we both had a better understanding of how Betty
Friedan and a few others planned the Womens Strike for Equality. It also gives
us a new view of the Womens Strike from Bettys sons point of view.
Brady, Erik. "Audi Superbowl Commercial Has Strong Statement On Pay Equality." USA
Today. Gannett Satellite Information Network, 1 Feb. 2017. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

This USA Today article was written about the Audi Daughter advertisement that
we put in our website. We decided to include this article with the video because it
helped us to better explain the Audi Daughter advertisement and its purpose.

Cohen, Claire. "#LikeAGirl Unstoppable New Video." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media
Group, 07 July 2015. Web. 8 Feb. 2017.

This article written about the #LikeAGirl Unstoppable video gave lots of
interesting statistics. Looking at these statistics made us realize that women
today feel pressured to act and feel like women are supposed to act and feel,
which stops several women from pursuing careers that males dominate in.

Feldt, Gloria. "Equal Doesn't Mean Equal Yet: Women's Equality Day, ERA And The
Story of My Life." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 26 Aug. 2016.
Web. 16 Feb. 2017.

In this article, Gloria Feldt writes about how she got involved in creating equality
for men and women. This article helped us see womens rights from a new view.
After reading about what one average woman had done to make a difference, we
realized how strong women would be if they all came together in the fight for
equality.

Fisher, Lauren Alexis. "30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare." Harper's
BAZAAR. N.p., 30 May 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2017.

We included three quotes from Bazaar in our website. The quote that stuck out
the most from this website was one that provided us with the new view that a
feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality of all men and women.

Fox, Margalit. "Betty Friedan, Who Ignited Cause in 'Feminine Mystique,' Dies at 85."
The New York Times. N.p., 05 Feb. 2006. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.

In this article, there is a section about Betty Friedans book, The Feminine
Mystique. The section about her book gave us a better understanding of what the
book was about without us having to read the 400 page book.
Gannon, Drew. "How Men and Women Differ in the Workplace." The Fiscal Times. N.p.,
25 May 2012. Web. 5 Feb. 2017.

After reading this article, we realized why men are better at some jobs and why
women are better at others. This article analyzes the different traits of men and
women and how these traits have an impact on the types of work that each
gender excels in.

Gill, Kathy. "How To Amendment the Constitution." About.com News & Issues. N.p., 16
June 2016. Web. 16 Feb. 2017.

Before reading this article, neither one of us had a very good understanding of
amendments and their purposes. This article taught us the purposes of the first
ten amendments and the amendments that followed these. It also provided us
with dates of ratification for these amendments.

The Learning Network. "March 22, 1972 | Equal Rights Amendment for Women Passed
by Congress." The New York Times. N.p., 22 Mar. 2012. Web. 16 Feb. 2017.

When we were learning about the Equal Rights Amendment, we wanted to learn
more about its origin. When we read through this article, we learned that the
Equal Rights Amendment originally had a different name. We also learned that
several variations of the amendment have been presented to Congress through
the years.

Long, Heather. "America's Cheap Labor: Women." CNN Money. CNN, 9 Nov. 2015.
Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

This article made us think about how companies can use the pay gap as an
advantage by hiring more women than men. Since women get paid less for doing
the same work that men do, companies make more money off of hiring women.

White, Ron. "List of Gender Specific Jobs for Males." Chron. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb.
2017.

This article lists a few jobs that are extremely male dominated. Although women
would be capable of performing these jobs, they are almost always done by men.
We found this article interesting because it explained why mostly males hold
certain jobs.
Withrow, Tasha. "Why I'm Marching On Washington On January 21st." The Huffington
Post. N.p., 18 Jan. 2017. Web. 3 Feb. 2017.

This article was written by a woman who decided to participate in the Womens
March. In the beginning of the article, she discusses her personal experience
with abortion and availability of birth control. Reading her writing made us realize
that choosing abortion should be a human right.
Reports

"A Comparison of the Career Attainments of Men and Women Healthcare Executives."
American College of Healthcare Executives. N.p., 2006. Web. 2 Jan. 2017.

We found this report useful because it gave us statistics that showed the amount
of women in the healthcare field. Because of people like Betty Friedan, the
statistics show a very large increase in the amount of female healthcare
executives over the years.

Websites

"Betty Friedan (1921-2006)." National Women's History Museum. N.p., 2006. Web. 4
Jan. 2017.

This website taught us something that none of the other websites had mentioned.
From this site, we learned that Betty Friedan was actually criticized for focussing
primarily on the issues of white, middle-class, educated, and heterosexual
women.

Biography.com Editors. "Betty Friedan." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 02


Apr. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2017.

This website helped us because it recognized that Betty Friedan established the
National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws and helped create the
National Women's Political Caucus. Without this website, we wouldnt have
known that she was a part of these organizations.

"Constitutional Amendment Process." National Archives and Records Administration.


N.p., 15 Aug. 2016. Web. 16 Feb. 2017.

Reading through this website helped us understand the process of adding an


amendment to the Constitution. When we were reading about the Equal Rights
Amendment, we were confused about the vocabulary and process, but this
website answered our questions.

The Editors of Encyclopdia Britannica. "Betty Friedan." Encyclopdia Britannica.


Encyclopdia Britannica, Inc., 03 Feb. 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
This source was helpful to us because it gave us information about the things
that Betty Friedan did in her later life instead of focussing on her younger life like
most other biographies did.

The Famous People Website Editors. "Betty Friedan Biography." The Famous People.
N.p., 2017. Web. 12 Jan. 2017.

In addition to providing a biography, this website also had a timeline of Betty


Friedans life. We felt that this timeline gave a very nice outline of her life, and
decided to put in in the Timeline page of our website.

Francis, Roberta W. The Equal Rights Amendment. Alice Paul Institute, n.d. Web. 16
Feb. 2017.

This was the website that we gained most of our information of the Equal Rights
Amendment from. It had several individual pages that provided us with answers
to several questions we had about the Equal Rights Amendment.

History.com Staff. "Betty Friedan." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 4
Jan. 2017.

This website was helpful to us because it gave us a more detailed description of


Betty Friedans high school, college, and early adult life. This was useful because
it helped us understand how she went from schooling to becoming a feminist.

Kaplan, Marion. "Betty Friedan." Jewish Women's Archive. N.p., Mar. 2009. Web. 6 Jan.
2017.

This was, by far, the most detailed biography we found on Betty Friedan. It was
very helpful to have such a detailed piece of writing because when we had
questions about her life we were able to refer to this biography.

Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Betty Friedan, Key Second Wave Feminist." About.com
Education. N.p., 31 Aug. 2016. Web. 15 Jan. 2017.

In a part of this biography about Betty Friedan, we learned about a part of her life
that we did not know about. Before reading this, we didnt know that she got fired
from a newspaper job because a male returning from war took her job.

Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Select Quotes from Betty Friedan, Feminist Founder."
About.com Education. N.p., 31 Oct. 2016. Web. 18 Feb. 2017.
This collection of Betty Friedan quotes helped us add to our website. By putting
some of these quotes into the Interviews page of our website, it allows the reader
to connect more and also puts feminism into different perspectives.

Napikoski, Linda. "Women's Strike for Equality." About.com Education. N.p., 23 Apr.
2016. Web. 2 Jan. 2017.

We found this article about the Womens Strike helpful because it listed all of the
different cities that held strikes. It also listed the several news companies that did
news stories on the Womens Strike. Reading the names of all of these cities and
news companies showed us how big of a deal the strike was.

Ruthsdotter, Mary. "Important Dates in U.S. Women's History." Scholastic. N.p., n.d.
Web. 18 Feb. 2017.

This list of important moments in womens history was helpful to us because it


made us realize how involved Betty Friedan was in the womens movement. We
thought that this was such a great timeline of womens history that we decided to
put in into our website on the Feminism Background page.

Tuttle, Laurie. "Friedan, Betty." Learning to Give. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2017.

This website helped us understand how the womens movement first started
even before Betty Friedan was alive. After reading this, we also realized how long
women have been fighting for equality.

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