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GUEST: the late Betty Friedan, revolutionary feminist and author of several books including “The Feminist Mystique.” Interview conducted by Barbara Cady (1976).

On February 4th 2006, revolutionary feminist Betty Friedan died of congestive heart failure. It was her 85th birthday. Her 1963 book, “The Feminist Mystique” was credited by many as the impetus for the second wave of feminism. She co-founded the National Organization for Women and presided over it until 1970, and helped create the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. She also led the 1970 National Women’s Strike for Equality. After “The Feminine Mystique,” she wrote “It Changed My Life” in 1977 and “The Second Stage” in 1981. Today we present an interview with the late Betty Friedan conducted right here at the studios of KPFK where she discusses issues of women in the home, and the struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment. This interview has been preserved by the Pacifica Radio Archives and was conducted on July 7th, 1976 by Barbara Cady.

Special thanks to the Pacifica Radio Archives.

To order a copy of this entire interview, call the Pacifica Radio Archives at 1800-735-0230 and request Archive number: BC3051; It changed my life / Betty Friedan ; interviewed by Barbara Cady. — Los Angeles, 1976.