t was hard not to notice the prominence of women 40 and older at the Golden Globes awards ceremony; exactly two-thirds of the 30 women nominated for women-only categories were 40 or older.
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?
Maybe next time, instead of nabbing the last free space in our lot and then strolling off to shop, you could come inside and check out a book about common courtesy?
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.
Can you imagine what would happen if a woman as heavy as Chris Christie ran for President? Press coverage about her size would be nonstop. Her eating and exercise habits would be critiqued. The media would scream every time she was photographed with a donut in her hand.
Put on your Tea Party hat and see if you can complete these famous historical quotes.
There are smart phone apps to help us with everything from staying on our diets to learning French. And they’re useful as far as they go. But they don’t go nearly far enough. Here are a few more apps we gals could really use
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.
Do you and your spouse have the same old arguments over and over? Are you starting to think there might be exciting new arguments you could be having instead? We’re here to help.
Not all of us who are challenged in our workplaces have an emergency exit slide. But a librarian can dream, can't she?