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A hub for writers, scholars, students, teachers and readers of biography, the Leon Levy Center for Biography at CUNY’s Graduate Center builds connections between independent and university-affiliated biographers across disciplines.
With a variety of events and public programs available for book lovers to explore, the Leon Levy Center for Biography cultivates discussions about the art and craft of biography historically and in our time.
DATE OF EVENT: Sept 14th,
The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (–) was powerful and polarizing. Born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, Friedan chafed at society’s restrictions from a young age. As a journalist she covered racism, sexism, labor, class inequality, and anti-Semitism. Her malaise as a housewife and her research into the feelings of other women resulted in the revolutionary The Feminine Mystique (), which made her a celebrity.
In this biography, the first in more than twenty years, Rachel Shteir draws on Friedan’s pap Press Release: Leon Levy Center for Biography Established VYD