Betty Friedan、２月４日にワシントンの自宅にて死せり。享年85歳。その命日はその誕生日と同じ；
Patricia Sullivan “Voice of Feminism's 'Second Wave'”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020401385_pf.html
David Usborne “Feminist author Betty Friedan dies on 85th birthday”
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article343461.ece
Elaine Woo “Betty Friedan 1921—2006”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/chi-0602050312feb05,1,2109896,print.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Chicago Tribuneの記事から；
Snapshot of Betty Friedan, pioneering feminist from Peoria
- Born Feb. 4, 1921, in Peoria, (she died on her birthday) to Harry and Miriam Goldstein; high school valedictorian, 1938; graduate of Smith College, 1942.
- Married Carl Friedan, 1947; they had three children, were divorced after 22 years; he died in December.
- Published "The Feminine Mystique," 1963, which laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement.
- Helped found and was first president of the National Organization for Women, 1966; also was a founder, in 1969, of the group that became the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and, in 1971, of the National Women's Political Caucus.
- Published "The Second Stage," 1981, in which she upheld the importance of domestic life too; and "The Fountain of Age," 1993, about an active, engaged old age.
