by WomenOver70 | Mar 9, 2022 | Podcast, Season Four
Frances Fuller grew up in poverty. All of her books belonged to the state of Arkansas. Her mother had a 4th grade education. It is a wonder, then, that Frances became a writer and publisher and left a legacy in the form of an entire body of literature in Arabic, for...
by WomenOver70 | Mar 3, 2022 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season Four
Gail Steingold is a go-getter whose life contains a lot of improvisation. From clinical speech pathology to long term care insurance, learning and laughing have been her constant companions. It makes sense when your work is serious and deals so much with feelings....
by WomenOver70 | Feb 23, 2022 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season Four
For the last 32 years, Louise reinvented herself many times. After her husband died when she was 44, she realized she had never lived on her own. Two big questions arose: “Why am I here?”. “What am I supposed to do with my life?”. Through coursework, metaphysics and...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 18, 2022 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season Four, Social Activism
In 1985, sociologist and activist Dr. Susan Stall designed and taught a college course entitled Gender and the Built Environment: Redesigning the American Dream. Since then, her scholarship and activism have expanded to innovations in housing that center on...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 16, 2022 | Expressive Arts, Podcast, Season Four
Elaine Soloway writes “because it’s therapeutic for me and can be helpful to others.” Although her stories are deeply personal, Elaine considers the themes to be universal. She tackles, for example, ageism, care giving, joint replacement, pet friends; housing options;...