Gail Collins: The Next Women’s Liberation
6:30 PM EST
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The 1970s ad was groundbreaking. After centuries of mature women being treated as almost dispensable once they could no longer reproduce, a new campaign for hair dye proclaimed, “You’re not getting older . . . you’re getting better.” Now no longer rearing children or climbing corporate ladders, older women are discovering new freedom . . . and the blessings of their golden years.
Acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins will discuss her latest book, No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History, Americans’ complicated relationship with aging and how women have been on the front lines of the battle against youthism.