Charleston County Public Library

A glorious freedom, older women leading extraordinary lives, Lisa Congdon

eng

Includes bibliographical references

collective biography

portraitsillustrations

no index present

non fiction

A glorious freedom

bibliography

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Lisa Congdon

older women leading extraordinary lives

"Congdon explores the power of women growing older and thriving.... [The book] celebrates extraordinary lives lived over the age of 40, and redefines what it means to grow older."--Page [4] of cover

Introduction -- "The swell" / an essay by Caroline Paul -- Profile of Beatrice Wood -- Interview with Jennifer Hayden -- Profile of Vera Wang -- Interview with Christy Turlington Burns -- Profile of Louise Bourgeois -- "Because love let me be" / an essay by Jennifer Maerz -- Interview with Emily Kimball -- Profile of Sensei Keiko Fukuda -- "Roaring over the tiptoe" / an essay by Heather Armstrong -- Interview with Stephanie Young -- Profile of Laura Ingalls Wilder -- "The unexpected exhilarating freedom of being single at 41" / an essay by Glynnis MacNicol -- Profile of Minnie Pwerle -- Interview with Paola Gianturco -- Profile of Julia Child -- "True roots" / an essay by Ronnie Citron-Fink -- Profile of Mary Delany -- Interview with Cheryl Strayed -- Profile of Sister Madonna Buder -- Interview with Zoe Ghahremani -- "Girl, you don't know nothing" / an essay by Tara Rodden Robinson -- Profile of Carmen Herrera -- Interview with Fay Westenhofer -- Profile of Helen Gurley Brown -- Interview with Della Wells -- Profile of Angela Morley -- "When they arrived" / an essay by Shauna James Ahern -- Profile of Eva Zeisel -- Interview with Ilona Royce Smithkin -- Profile of Anna Arnold Hedgeman -- Interview with Debbie Millman -- Profile of Grandma Moses -- Interview with Dara Torres -- Profile of Katherine Johnson -- "Are you with me?" / an essay by Chrissy Loader -- Profile of Marguerite Duras -- Interview with Betty Reid Soskin

Older women leading extraordinary lives