tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post7942441109910209070..comments2024-03-28T18:11:40.841-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Remember Her?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-87553036301177073742014-02-05T20:45:06.399-05:002014-02-05T20:45:06.399-05:00She was quite the woman!She was quite the woman!Knatoleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-51601988834331842762014-02-04T09:36:50.106-05:002014-02-04T09:36:50.106-05:00Like most (if not all) "movers and shakers&qu...Like most (if not all) "movers and shakers", she changed some lives for the better and some for the worse. It is for each of us to decide what impact these "movers and shakers" have on our lives.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-80455885756669616262014-02-03T11:43:12.006-05:002014-02-03T11:43:12.006-05:00We tend to forget today the way things were for ou...We tend to forget today the way things were for our mothers and grandmothers - the 'is that all there is' phenomena - and how far trailblazers like Betty Freidan have taken us. Thanks for reminding us!Meryl Baerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482532818278685217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-16666049407694005032014-02-03T03:21:21.593-05:002014-02-03T03:21:21.593-05:00She was a trailblazer. I was fortunate to grow up...She was a trailblazer. I was fortunate to grow up during the time that feminism was evolving. So many of the achievements of that movement are taken for granted now, yet we still have yet to achieve equity. #1Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214011945298439939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-77754310111742535332014-02-02T17:08:25.967-05:002014-02-02T17:08:25.967-05:00"Is this all?" I think that myself from ..."Is this all?" I think that myself from time to time.<br />Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-19401821685214373752014-02-02T16:45:43.454-05:002014-02-02T16:45:43.454-05:00She was a remarkable woman and I haven't thoug...She was a remarkable woman and I haven't thought of her in ages. Thanks for the refresher.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-60244547014460841942014-02-02T14:48:32.999-05:002014-02-02T14:48:32.999-05:00I have never read her books, but have to agree tha...I have never read her books, but have to agree that she and Gloria Steinem changed the way the Western world perceives women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-84607297350706443762014-02-02T12:26:59.857-05:002014-02-02T12:26:59.857-05:00I am thinking we need another Betty Friedan...and ...I am thinking we need another Betty Friedan...and soon.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-3479576182401274452014-02-02T12:15:15.487-05:002014-02-02T12:15:15.487-05:00Her book was very powerful and changed the lives o...Her book was very powerful and changed the lives of many women,hopefully for the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-60130523513659253532014-02-02T11:02:36.206-05:002014-02-02T11:02:36.206-05:00Friedan wrote a book The Fountain of Age that I qu...Friedan wrote a book The Fountain of Age that I quite enjoyed. I'm a young boomer, so I missed much of her work in the feminist movement because I was watching the Brady Bunch. But I appreciate her helping secure the opportunities I enjoyed once I became a young adult. Karen D. Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681456166093275598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-77244766026705816302014-02-02T10:53:29.484-05:002014-02-02T10:53:29.484-05:00How we'll I remember reading that book as a yo...How we'll I remember reading that book as a young housewife. I think it was a chapter in the book, "Housework expands to fill the time available" that caused me to rethink housework! And I will always think of her as the one who led the way forward. DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com