Friedan remembered as feminist pioneer

CNN ^ | Feb 6th, 2006

[laney]

Friedan remembered as feminist pioneer At funeral, family recalls feisty mother as 'mass of contradictions'

Betty Friedan, who championed the once-radical assertion that women needed more than husbands and children to find fulfillment, was eulogized Monday as a feminist pioneer and loving mother -- if not always an easy one to live with.

"I truly believe that Betty Friedan was the most influential woman, not only of the 20th century but of the second millennium," said Muriel Fox, one of the co-founders with Friedan of the National Organization for Women.

Colleagues from the women's movement as well as her three children and their families were among more than 300 mourners at the funeral for Friedan, who died of congestive heart failure Saturday

[laney]

[Pittsburg Phil]

One less POS in the world.

[laney]

I can't imagine what it would be like to be her kid..

[bmwcyle]

Goodbye and never return.

[alisasny]

ALL her theorys were and are so wrong.

I hope she made peace with her maker prior to her death.

[Borges]

"I truly believe that Betty Friedan was the most influential woman, not only of the 20th century but of the second millennium," said Muriel Fox, one of the co-founders with Friedan of the National Organization for Women.

Mary Wollstonecraft? Simone Beauvoir? Marie Curie?

[Xenalyte]

I didn't even know she died.

This is why it's a bad idea to die on Super Bowl weekend.

[laney]

Welcome to Freerepublic and no guessing with Jesus he does love everyone even the ones we can't stomach...

[Revolting cat!]

Yes, and nowhere in these published obituaries will you find a mention of this woman's Stalinist past!

[spinestein]

Never heard of her.

[laney]

I kinda heard she passed, but I think she had been forgot about like spaghetti-o's...

[Joe 6-pack]

GACK!! That mug makes Helen Thomas look like the pick of the litter...

[Spok]

'mass of contradictions'

A perfection description of feminism.

[laney]

kinda looks like a Ewok from Time MAchine...

[Lizavetta]

Mary Wollstonecraft? Simone Beauvoir? Marie Curie?

The impact that Friedan and her ilk had on American society is ten times what these ladies did, and I don't mean in a good way.

By preaching the doctrine of self-wants as the end-all and husband and children come second and third, feminists have denigrated the role of HOMEmaker and loving spouse.

To them it's all about me me me me me.

[goldstategop]

Betty Friedan's legacy is abortion and the devastation of the American family. Don't expect the feminazis to write that in the epitaph of their unlamented founder.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[laney]

What happened to her buddy the gal with the big huge glasses? she fell off the earth...