by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD In 1982, when I was finishing my residency in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Hospital, I never would have imagined that almost 25 years later I would want to keep talking about sex — or that I would be inviting all of you to join me. I grew up [...]

by Suse Lowenstein When on Dec. 21, 1988, my firstborn son, Alexander, age 21, was brutally murdered aboard Pan Am 103 in the stormy night skies over the Scottish village of Lockerbie, my own life, my husband Peter’s and our younger son Lucas’ fundamentally changed. I was 44 years old, and it was at this [...]

by Faith Childs An admission: I quaked just a bit when I joined with two bold women last year to serve as one the principals of Women’s Voices for Change. It was one thing to be part of a larger group which was concerned about changing the image of menopause. En masse, I was sure, [...]

by Eveline Erni As we pass through the various stages of our lives, it is important that we become more pro-active about our bodies. With age comes a host of issues that circle our feet like small yapping dogs — you can ignore them, but every so often one might bite. Posture starts to fall [...]

by Laura Sillerman Sharon is 61. She works at a college where her young colleagues think she’s a little dorky and a lot of a mystery. She has never boasted about anything in her life, despite being the go-to person in half a dozen non-profits in 40 years. Those young women have no idea who’s [...]

by Laura Sillerman Face it. We love her. The Queen of England, of course. Do we mean Her Majesty Elizabeth II or Dame Helen Mirren? Well, fortunately for us in 2006 we do not need to distinguish because for 97 brilliant celluloid minutes they are one and the same.  In “The Queen,” the film depicting [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD The Wall Street Journal devoted an entire section in Monday’s paper to “Women to Watch” – 50 women whom the WSJ believes “have the potential to make a significant impact on business in the year ahead.” The section includes plenty of stories about women at the top and the challenges [...]

by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio Last month I heard Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem speak at an event celebrating people who support women writers. They — and the others who spoke — are amazing folks. Clear of purpose, distinct in voice, proud of their accomplishments and driven to do more, it is they who inspire [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD Following the 2004 release of "Something’s Gotta Give," Diane Keaton became the most-talked-about woman over 50. In the film, Keaton’s character, a successful playwright, becomes romantically involved with two men: a handsome doctor, played by the much younger Keanu Reeves (almost 20 years her junior), and an aged music industry [...]

by Laura Sillerman "I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back."–Ann Richards The Women’s Voices for Change Gala had been designed months before by its founding mothers as "Black Tie. No Pants."  In other words, dress to kill, but leave the men folk at [...]