The pioneering feminist activist and writer Betty Friedan has died at the age of 85. Her 1963 manifesto The Feminine Mystique was credited with launching the modern feminist movement. Friedan helped form the National Organization for Women and served as NOW’s first president. At the time she staked out positions that seemed extreme on such issues as abortion, sex-neutral help-wanted ads, equal pay, promotion opportunities and maternity leave. Betty Friedan also helped found NARAL–which was originally known as the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. In 1971 she helped launch the National Women”s Political Caucus. This is her speaking at the event. She died on Saturday on her 85th birthday.