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;...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 9, 2022 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Four
Jill Stewart honed her talents in public relations and writing for more than 20 years as founder and head of her own PR firm that was committed to “issues that matter.” She and her teams were there in the early stages of the AIDS epidemic and the end-of-life options...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 2, 2022 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season Four
Growing up with a schizophrenic mother, experiencing violence most of her young life, and surviving breast cancer all contribute to Lin’s mantra: Resilience | Decisiveness | Courage. 25 different careers, first corporate and then entrepreneurial, made Lin unstoppable....
by WomenOver70 | Jan 28, 2022 | Podcast, Season Four, Social Activism
Frances “Poppy” Northcutt gained national fame as the first and only woman in NASA’s mission control room working on the Apollo Program. Poppy and her team designed the Return-to-Earth trajectory that took the Apollo 8 crew around the Moon and back to Earth. She...