as we learn about the life and writer and feminist activists betty freehand. >> when the magazine that i wrote for, one after the other turned it down, i knew i would have to write the book. for them, i think the leader for the driving force to start the movement of feminism in this country. she wrote in 1963 and in it, she struck a chord with women all over. in fact we say she left peoria, she, she went out and changed the world with her book, the feminine mystique. right now we are in front of the tribute for betty for dan. she is born here, raised here, was in a in a class of peoria high school 1938 which is a very famous class, very distinguished people, i talked with her brother and he contends that betty was definitely a genius. in that case, she was a little bit lonely because she had thoughts that others didn't but he said that was part of her genius was that she was able to take care of herself and be a loner but very brilliant. in high school, she created a literary magazine and wrote pieces for it along with others and i got to read one of them, i went to the archives and it