I. Introduction

• •2 of the most important leaders of the modern women's liberation movement, who illustrate some of its varied ideas

II. Friedan's career

• •Youth



• •marriage and family (1947-1960)



• •The Feminine Mystique (1963)



• •the National Organization for Women (1966)
• •president (1966-1970)
• •the Equal Rights Amendment
• •abortion

III. Steinem's career

• •Youth



• •Discovering feminism
• •personal experience
• •"A Bunny's Tale" (1963)
• •New York Magazine (1968-1970)
• •Ms. magazine (1971-1989, 1990- )
• •American Conference on Women (1977)
• •Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem (1992)
• •marriage (Sept. 2000)

IV. Conclusion

• •Friedan and the discontent of educated, middle-class women - a conservative feminism pushed toward greater radicalism



• •Steinem and the impact of personal experience
• •"We have become the men we wanted to marry"



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