Betty Friedan: Intimate Portrait (TV Episode)

• Genre: History
• Movie Type: Social History, Gender Issues
• Release Year: 1999
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

Intimate Portrait: Betty Friedan profiles the onetime tractor-driving farm girl who eventually drove the women's movement. Friedan coined the phrase "the feminine mystique," which symbolized the silent suffering of women under patriarchal strain and their inability to live up to their full potential. Her book The Feminine Mystique outlined a new life plan for women, offering solutions to help them achieve equal opportunity. In 1966, Friedan founded the National Organization for Women and she continues to write feminist books. Joan Lunden narrates the Lifetime program, which features interviews with producer Norman Lear, magazine editor Helen Gurney Brown, NOW organizer Mary Jean Collins, and Friedan's brother, Harry Goldstein. ~ Betsy Boyd, All Movie Guide