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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:15 PM Original message |
Feminist Author Betty Friedan Dies at 85 |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. RIP |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Shit, Friedan and Al Lewis on the same day.... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. And I was thinking |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Al Lewis died today? I always loved Grandpa Munster |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm sad. Hadn't heard from her lately |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. founder of NOW in 1966 |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. she was a mavrick |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. and she made it possible for women to think differently--to be something |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. I ran into her at Mystics games and at the Cosmos Club. Rest in peace. |
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Progressive4Life (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's three good people this week |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Why don't any of the evil scum die anymore--plenty of them.? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. She died on her 85th birthday. Today. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. nominate please |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dammit |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. My God! What ground she broke! |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. recommended nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Heavens... RIP, Betty |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. A Great Woman |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. She lived a long life and did a lot of damage to the right sort |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. Peace, Betty, thank you for changing our lives for the better. n/t |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. I enjoyed her book very much |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here comes the slander |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
68. Glenn Beck was already doing that this morning |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. RIP Betty. |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. "The Feminine Mystique" was mind-blowing |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. RIP Betty |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Hey another late bloomer! |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Good for you! |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wow! RIP Betty Friedan! We've been better off as a world for you having |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. RIP sister |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Betty |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thank you, Ms. Friedan. May your work be carried on. K&R |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Many of my heroes are dying |
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Susan43 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. Another sad day for America... |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Ack. You're right, and now I can't think of it either |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The word you're thinking of is "click" |
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Susan43 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Thanks Lydia, |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. the "click" |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I think it was "clique," pronounced as "click." |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 06:18 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. "Clique"-- closed-off little in-group."Click" -- a moment of realization |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 06:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Scholarly joy: Feminist literature, feminist theology, feminist critiques |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. Thank you, Betty Friedan for allowing my adult daughter to have |
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Susan43 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. This is a great post! |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. ty, and welcome to DU, Susan43! . . . n/t |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Thanks to you, Betty, I got the idea. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. "A Woman of Valour" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. When I was a junior in college, I took an honors seminar in feminism, |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. R-I-P Betty |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Thank you Ms. Friedan...... |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. suffocating life |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. RIP and thank you for having |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. Thank you for sharing.... |
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World Traveller (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. I met Betty Friedan in 1970 |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. I bet you never forget that. It must have been great |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. Thank you Betty |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. This wonderful woman changed my life. I feel a bit like I lost a friend. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. My mom died the same day as Friedan, this Saturday. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I am so sorry for your loss--and what a lovely tribute to your mother. |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Yep, just like I said |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
53. It feels like the passing of an era |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. and Rosa Parks nt |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
55. "The Feminine Mystique" was amazing and radical for its time... |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Right. The other spark |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. RIP (nt) |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
59. She'll still be pulling for us on the other side |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. I am very sad to hear this but... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
62. Feminist Author Betty Friedan Dies at 85 |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I think seeing women put back years in this country |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Duplicate |
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Mr. Sinister (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
70. the one time I met Betty |
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dryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The greatest tribute... |
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