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COLLECTION Identifier: T-97: T-125: Phon-7

Audio collection of Betty Friedan, 1963-2007

Viewpoint. Mutual Broadcasting System. May 25, 1963. Digital

Scope and Contents

Friedan discusses the concept of feminine mystique, woman's sexual role, and gender equality. 43 minutes.

Tie-line. WBBM, Chicago, Illinois. July 7, 1965. Digital

Scope and Contents

Friedan discusses the unfulfilled American housewife, The Feminine Mystique, and takes questions from callers. 1 reel-to-reel. 78 minutes.

"War between the Sexes" speech at Wake Forest University. WFDD-FM, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. September 29, 1970. Tape 1. Digital

Scope and Contents

Friedan discusses women's rights in the public sphere and career options; women's image in media or entertainment industries; disillusionment with homemaking and motherhood; the new male; and sexual equality based on gender equality, etc. Reel-to-reel.

"War between the Sexes" speech at Wake Forest University. WFDD-FM, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. September 29, 1970. Tape 2. Digital

Scope and Contents

Friedan discusses women's rights in the public sphere and career options; women's image in media or entertainment industries; disillusionment with homemaking and motherhood; the new male; and sexual equality based on gender equality, etc. Reel-to-reel.

Girl Scouts Council of Northwest Cook [County, Illinois] speech. November 17, 1975. Digital

Scope and Contents

As a member of the Girls Scouts national board, Friedan discusses the positive effect of the women's movement on on girls and women, NOW accomplishments, radicalism within the movement, economic value of women's work, the future for Girl Scouts, and other issues. Questions follow, including a discussion of the failure of a state equal rights amendment proposition in Illinois. 66 minutes.