Susan Reimer: Edith Bunker, unlikely feminist Jean Stapleton's character brought liberation home for average women I think Edith Bunker did more to liberate the caged American housewife than Betty Friedan ever did.
June 5, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
Eleanor Smeal in Boston Globe Betty Friedan was a giant for women's rights,said former National Organization for Women President Eleanor Smeal, now head of the Feminist Majority Foundation.