If American women look at their lives today, they are seeing Betty Friedan's legacy in action. Her critique of "the problem that has no name" awakened a generation of women to the notion that there must be more to life than domesticity. Friedan's imprint individualistic, aspirational, plainspoken has so informed our discourse on equality that it is impossible to separate her voice and vision from the movement she set in motion.
Wolf is a feminist and author