--- title: "Best Betty Friedan Quotations" description: "Betty Friedan was an American feminist writer and activist who sparked the second wave of feminism with her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-betty-friedan-17596.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-betty-friedan-17596.jpg) # Betty Friedan (1921–2006) Journalist United States **137** quotes in **733** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Betty Friedan was a journalist from the United States, best known for *The Feminine Mystique*. ## Quick Facts About Betty Friedan Born February 4, 1921 Died February 4, 2006 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works The Feminine Mystique Known for The Feminine Mystique, The Fountain of Age, The Second Stage ## About Betty Friedan She co‑founded the National Organization for Women in 1966 and served as its first president, aiming to bring women into the mainstream of American society as equal partners with men. ## Awards & Honors National Women's Hall of Fame Humanist of the Year ## Quotes by Betty Friedan · Page 4 > [I understood somehow my mother's frustration. And that it was no good not only for her, but for her children or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-understood-somehow-my-mother-s-frustration-and-that-it-was-no-good/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/betty-friedan-3185_ability_i-understood-somehow-my-mother-s-frustra_2763082.jpg) > [There is absolutely no evidence that it is harmful to children if their mother's health, well-being and autonomy and control of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/there-is-absolutely-no-evidence-that-it-is-harmful-to-children-if/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Autonomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autonomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/betty-friedan-3185_autonomy_there-is-absolutely-no-evidence-that-it_2522946.jpg) > [This idea that the employment of women, the movement of women outside the home into the work world, and their demand for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/this-idea-that-the-employment-of-women-the-movement-of-women-outside/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Bullshit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/betty-friedan-3185_bullshit_this-idea-that-the-employment-of-women-t_44353.jpg) > [the new mystique is that women can have it all. There's a whole new generation of women today, flogging themselves to compete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-new-mystique-is-that-women-can-have-it-all-there-s-a-whole-new/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Details](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/details/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/betty-friedan-3185_details_the-new-mystique-is-that-women-can-have_2354006.jpg) > [While I had been, I guess, quite brilliant, academically, in my college years, I also had been editor of the paper, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/while-i-had-been-i-guess-quite-brilliant-academically-in-my-college/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/betty-friedan-3185_active_while-i-had-been-i-guess-quite-brilliant_2169932.jpg) > [If I were a man, I would strenuously object to the assumption that women have any moral or spiritual superiority as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/if-i-were-a-man-i-would-strenuously-object-to-the-assumption-that/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Assumption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assumption/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/betty-friedan-3185_assumption_if-i-were-a-man-i-would-strenuously-obje_2704920.jpg) > [“It is not possible to preserve one's identity by adjusting for any length of time to a frame of reference that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/it-is-not-possible-to-preserve-one-s-identity-by-adjusting-for-any/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/betty-friedan-3185_feminism_it-is-not-possible-to-preserve-one-s-ide_465182.jpg) > [There's no question that the black middle class has benefited greatly by the civil rights movement. But there is a large black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/there-s-no-question-that-the-black-middle-class-has-benefited-greatly/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/betty-friedan-3185_access_there-s-no-question-that-the-black-middl_1524669.jpg) > [“If one interprets 'penis envy' as other Freudian concepts have been reinterpreted, in the light of our new knowledge that what Freud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/if-one-interprets-penis-envy-as-other-freudian-concepts-have-been/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/betty-friedan-3185_feminism_if-one-interprets-penis-envy-as-other-fr_2786387.jpg) > [I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-was-at-a-meeting-two-years-ago-in-beijing-and-i-passed-a-bunch-of/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Beijing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beijing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/betty-friedan-3185_beijing_i-was-at-a-meeting-two-years-ago-in-beij_2172823.jpg) > [The real joke that history played on American women is not the one that makes people snigger, with cheap Freudian sophistication, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-real-joke-that-history-played-on-american-women-is-not-the-one/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [American women](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-women/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/betty-friedan-3185_american-women_the-real-joke-that-history-played-on-ame_2473483.jpg) > [“It is my thesis that the core of the problem for women today is not sexual but a problem of identity --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/it-is-my-thesis-that-the-core-of-the-problem-for-women-today-is-not/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Feminine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/betty-friedan-3185_feminine_it-is-my-thesis-that-the-core-of-the-pro_3102101.jpg) > [There are some die-hard male chauvinist pigs and there are some Neanderthal women who are threatened by equality - but the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/there-are-some-die-hard-male-chauvinist-pigs-and-there-are-some/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/betty-friedan-3185_age_there-are-some-die-hard-male-chauvinist_678350.jpg) > [The media and even, to some degree, leaders of women's organizations don't understand that the women's movement is an absolute part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-media-and-even-to-some-degree-leaders-of-women-s-organizations/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/betty-friedan-3185_absolutes_the-media-and-even-to-some-degree-leader_1139685.jpg) > [I think it's tremendously important that women continue to be full participants in the corporate environment, and that they continue to seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-think-it-s-tremendously-important-that-women-continue-to-be-full/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Available](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/available/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/betty-friedan-3185_available_i-think-it-s-tremendously-important-that_2687826.jpg) > [Strange new problems are being reported in the growing generations of children whose mothers were always there, driving them around, helping them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/strange-new-problems-are-being-reported-in-the-growing-generations-of/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Boredom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boredom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/betty-friedan-3185_boredom_strange-new-problems-are-being-reported_476445.jpg) > [The glorification of the 'woman's role, then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance to treat women as complete human beings;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-glorification-of-the-woman-s-role-then-seems-to-be-in-proportion/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Being a woman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-a-woman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/betty-friedan-3185_being-a-woman_the-glorification-of-the-woman-s-role-th_3069547.jpg) ## Betty Friedan by topic [Feminism (50)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/betty-friedan/) [Men (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/betty-friedan/) [Feminine mystique (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine-mystique/betty-friedan/) [Life (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/betty-friedan/) [Children (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/betty-friedan/) [Women (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/betty-friedan/) [Ifs (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/betty-friedan/) [Mystique (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mystique/betty-friedan/) [Feminine (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/betty-friedan/) [Want (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/betty-friedan/) [Age (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/betty-friedan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/#itemlist", "name": "Betty Friedan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I understood somehow my mother's frustration. 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