the other funeral

[donsu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060207/ap_on_re_us/friedan_funeral;_ylt=Ah2dxAhvWuo82rEYkHMix9Ss0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

Friends, Family Eulogize Feminist Friedan


Betty Friedan, who championed the once-radical assertion that women needed more than husbands and children to find fulfillment, was eulogized Monday as a feminist pioneer and loving mother — if not always an easy one to live with.

"I truly believe that Betty Friedan was the most influential woman, not only of the 20th century but of the second millennium," said Muriel Fox, one of the co-founders with Friedan of the
National Organization for Women.

Colleagues from the women's movement as well as her three children and their families were among more than 300 mourners at the funeral for Friedan, who died of congestive heart failure Saturday on her 85th birthday.

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"Betty was not the perfect mother," he said. "Emily, Daniel and I ate TV dinners growing up way beyond the recommended limit." But when tens of thousands of people cheered his mother at a rally when he was 17, "my heart, despite its adolescent shell, burst with pride."

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"She was always very sweet and loving to me but when it came to other people she just didn't take any (expletive) from anyone," said her 23-year-old grandson, Raphael Friedan. "She was definitely the coolest grandmother that a young guy like me could ask for."
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to leave your children and grandchildren proud of you is an accomplishment in itself.

thank you Betty for all you did for us women.


(there is no such thing as a perfect mother)

[Surya Gayatri]

1. Thanks for posting this, donsu.

All women everywhere owe her a great debt, but I hadn't read anything else about her funeral here on DU. SG

[Wilms]

2. Thanks for reminding. n/t

[imaginary girl]

3. Yes, thanks. Talk about a civil rights leader! n/t

[omega minimo]

4. the freedom to be a person