... money. When Betty Friedan was a child, she had to wear metal braces on her legs until she was three to correct the tendency to bow. Miriam Goldstein thought her daughter's prominent nose, inherited by her father, made her unattractive. Friedan later wore orthodontic braces and eye-glasses. Miriam Goldstein thought her daughter smart, but plain and considered Amy Goldstein (the younger ... for books over dolls and tendency to be temperamental that they took her to a child psychologist. The psychologist simply told Betty's parents to leave the brilliant girl to her own devices. She entere...

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