Friedan’s spark

Re “Catalyst of Feminist Revolution,” obituary, Feb. 5

It is almost impossible to inflate the effect Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” had on my life. The women I saw were either nuns or homemakers who wore housedresses covered with aprons all day. I knew no one, man or woman, who had gone to college. Friedan’s book set my mind on fire. Was it possible for a girl who was the daughter of a high school dropout to dream to have a career? Friedan said it was. I believed her.

EILEEN C. MOORE

Associate Justice

California Court of Appeal

Long Beach