Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was born on February 4, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, at that time she was Betty Goldstein. ... She had a number of jobs until 1947, when she was married to Carl Friedan. ... In October of 1966 Friedan co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW), a civil rights group dedicated to achieving equality of opportunity for women. While the President of “NOW” Friedan directed campaigns to end sex-classified employment notices, for greater representation of women in government, for childcare centers for working mothers, and for legalized abortion and other reforms. ... Mailings were sent out of the United Auto Workers building in Detroit, and public relations were handled through NOW headquarters otherwise know as Friedan’s apartment on West 72nd Street in New York City. While Friedan was president, NOW concentrated on enacting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of race or sex. ... For Friedan; it was her goal in life to get women equal pay and equal work.