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Betty Friedan, founder of the National Organization for Women, will be speaking on "Restructuring Family Values," Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in IPFW Walb Memorial Union Ballroom.
The lecture is part of the IPFW Omnibus Lecture Series, sponsored by the English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation. Admission is free.
Friedan, a prominent spokesperson for women's rights, is author of The Feminine Mystique (1963), which set off shock waves around the country and now is regarded as the catalyst of the women's movement.
Her other books include The Second Stage, It Changed My Life, and in 1993, The Fountain of Age. The latter is based on 10 years of research on changing sex roles and the aging process.
Founder of the National Women's Political Caucus and the National Abortion and
Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), Friedan has traveled and lectured all over the world and has written for such diverse publications as McCall's, Harper's, The New York Times, The New Republic, Allure and The American Behavioral Scientist.
In more recent years, she has been a visiting distinguished professor of public policy at George Mason University, the University of Southern California and New York University.
Currently, she is guest scholar at the Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution.