Will those of us who like to daydream soon find ourselves medicated? Or pitied? Maybe those with speedy cognitive tempos will look up from their devices and see us tethered only to our imaginations, and suggest that we seek help.
During Women's History Month, we look back at the courage and determination of the female doctors—rejected by the Army Medical Reserve Corps—who formed the American Women's Hospitals Services during World War I.
A Labor Day toast to the zealous women who led the fight to save children from textile mills, canneries, cigar factories, and coal mines.
Grieving has spawned hundreds of religious rituals and thousands of self-help books. I think there should also be a what-to-watch list to cut into the mourning fog. For someone my age, there is nothing so helpful as the Minister of Silly Walks, a dead parrot, and the Spanish Inquisition.
Alice Hamilton became the first woman professor at Harvard in 1919, four decades before the university accepted women as undergraduates. Still, acceptance came with the petty humiliations that female experts were expected to endure back in the day.
So what exactly is in this Affordable Care Act, and how do you get accurate information about the phase-in of benefits? And what provisions directly affect women over 40?
In late middle age I’ve found myself taking some detours from the path I’ve been on for decades. In my public life I’m a history professor and historian of medicine. In my new, other, semi-secret life I’m a humor writer.
In these heated times, when political debate can too easily spin out of control, names matter. Responsible media organizations should be using the right one.