It's been a long time since we've posted about a crone of the week, but I couldn't resist this one!  On Saturday Georgina Har...

I got this e-mail yesterday from Laura DeSilva of Open Road Integrated Media and enjoyed watching the video of Bel Kaufman, at 101, discussi...

                                                 Chester Higgins/New York Times Yesterday I was leafing through the new August issue...

Angel Franco/ The New York Times I often say that the Obituary Section of The New York Times is my favorite section because it introduces ...

It’s been a long time (over a year) since I nominated a Crone of the Week , but when a 66-year-old woman is named   “Body of the Year” ...

Today (Sat. April 10) thousands of people will gather at an outdoor memorial service for former Cherokee tribal Chief Wilma Mankiller,(above...

I love reading the obituaries in The New York Times because I keep learning about fascinating lives of people I’ve never heard of – like the...

And the award goes to…no NOT Betty White (who IS experiencing a dramatic revival at the moment) but to Florence Critelli, who works in a...

(This is the first of an occasional “ Crone of the Week ”-- women whose stories I want to tell. I’d appreciate your suggestions of women i...