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WorksheetsBetty Friedan
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Betty Friedan was born in what year?
1919
1921
1960
What type of family was she born into?
wealthy Catholic family
poor Jewish family
wealthy Jewish family
wealthy muslim family
Friedan graduated in 1942 with a degree in ________
medicine
history
psychology
aeronautical engineering
What was her husbands name?
Jimmy Friedan
Carl Friedan
Noah Friedan
Betty Friedan found life as a housewife in the suburbs to be _______
very happy and fulfilling
frustrating and lonely
enjoyable and busy
What did Betty Friedan sent to other women she had gone to university with?
a card
a letter
a questionnaire/survey
In 1963 Betty Friedan wrote a book. What was the book called?
A Mans World
A Woman's Work
The Fight
The Feminine Mystique
In her book Friedan claimed that the happy suburban housewife was a myth. True or False?
True
False
Friedan argued women were not being given a chance to develop their _________
minds
talents
cooking skills
She said "American women are kept from growing to their full _________________"
capacities
height
What did Friedan argue about the media?
that they praised women
that they encouraged women
that they manipulated women
What did Friedan compare the suburban women to?
corrupt politicians
prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp
Friedan said women could find happiness and fulfilment ______________ the home.
inside
outside
Complete the quote. "Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be ______________"
learning
working
themselves
What organisation did Friedan help set up in 1966?
The National Women's Liberation Movement
The National Association for the Advancement of Women
The National Organisation for Women (NOW)
She also helped to set up the National Womens __________
Group
Association
Caucus
What did Friedan die of?
pneumonia
renal failure
heart failure
When did Friedan die?
4th February 2019
4th February 2006
4th February 2016
Complete the quote "Our daughters grow up with the same possibilities as our ____________"
parents
sons
cousins
Complete the quote. "The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of women __________"
a year
alive
altogether
