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Betty Friedan

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Betty Friedan was born in what year?

a)

1919

b)

1921

c)

1960

2.

What type of family was she born into?

a)

wealthy Catholic family

b)

poor Jewish family

c)

wealthy Jewish family

d)

wealthy muslim family

3.

Friedan graduated in 1942 with a degree in ________

a)

medicine

b)

history

c)

psychology

d)

aeronautical engineering

4.

What was her husbands name?

a)

Jimmy Friedan

b)

Carl Friedan

c)

Noah Friedan

5.

Betty Friedan found life as a housewife in the suburbs to be _______

a)

very happy and fulfilling

b)

frustrating and lonely

c)

enjoyable and busy

6.

What did Betty Friedan sent to other women she had gone to university with?

a)

a card

b)

a letter

c)

a questionnaire/survey

7.

In 1963 Betty Friedan wrote a book. What was the book called?

a)

A Mans World

b)

A Woman's Work

c)

The Fight

d)

The Feminine Mystique

8.

In her book Friedan claimed that the happy suburban housewife was a myth. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Friedan argued women were not being given a chance to develop their _________

a)

minds

b)

talents

c)

cooking skills

10.

She said "American women are kept from growing to their full _________________"

a)

capacities

b)

height

11.

What did Friedan argue about the media?

a)

that they praised women

b)

that they encouraged women

c)

that they manipulated women

12.

What did Friedan compare the suburban women to?

a)

corrupt politicians

b)

prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp

13.

Friedan said women could find happiness and fulfilment ______________ the home.

a)

inside

b)

outside

14.

Complete the quote. "Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be ______________"

a)

learning

b)

working

c)

themselves

15.

What organisation did Friedan help set up in 1966?

a)

The National Women's Liberation Movement

b)

The National Association for the Advancement of Women

c)

The National Organisation for Women (NOW)

16.

She also helped to set up the National Womens __________

a)

Group

b)

Association

c)

Caucus

17.

What did Friedan die of?

a)

pneumonia

b)

renal failure

c)

heart failure

18.

When did Friedan die?

a)

4th February 2019

b)

4th February 2006

c)

4th February 2016

19.

Complete the quote "Our daughters grow up with the same possibilities as our ____________"

a)

parents

b)

sons

c)

cousins

20.

Complete the quote. "The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of women __________"

a)

a year

b)

alive

c)

altogether