Friedan’s Jewish identity ... women’s rights but eventually found a stage at the center of her public life, a new biography shows. (JTA) — When Betty Friedan published “The Feminine ...

Where are you from? BETTY FRIEDAN: I was born and grew up in Peoria, Illinois, which you might say is the middle of the middle of America, what used to be a synonym almost: "hick," "hayseed" or ...