Betty Friedan’s 100th Birthday: Moving the Legacy Forward (FREE Webinar)
February 4, 2021
6:00-7:15 p.m. CST / 7:00-8:15 p.m. EST
As you know, Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963) and co-founded the National Organization for Women (1966). She was born on February 4, 1921, and died on February 4, 2006. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of her birth, VFA has gathered some powerful voices to reflect on how Friedan and the Second Wave women’s movement changed the world – and what the future holds for feminists.
Speakers include:
- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
- U.S. Senator Charles Schumer
- Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine
- Jacqui Ceballos, Founder of Veteran Feminists of America
- Gail Collins, author/journalist
- Christian Nunes, NOW president
- Jonathan Friedan, son
- Emily Friedan, daughter
- Heather Booth, activist
- Eleanor Pam, VFA president
- Muriel Fox, NOW co-founder and VFA chair
