In 1961 John F. Kennedy established a presidential commission to examine and report on the status of American women. The President's Commission on the Status of Women invited Betty Friedan to be part of their Mass Media Consultation in 1963. Friedan's copy of the commission's report is heavily annotated with asterisks next to recommendations she favored and ideas for future stories.
The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study houses Betty Friedan's extensive papers. Learn more at www.radcliffe.harvard.edu.