Increasingly, we're finding more ways to celebrate women older than 50. Annette Elizabeth Allen/NPR hide caption
The Changing Lives Of Women As female wage earners gain greater autonomy, they are making decisions that are reshaping personal lives as well as economic trends.
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The Internet has made it easier for older women to find romance, but it also has made them vulnerable to online scammers. 96 Studio/Getty Images hide caption
Anne Bernays leaves the Walter Lippmann House after teaching a fiction writing class for Nieman Foundation fellows at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Kayana Szymczak for NPR hide caption
Lydia Smith stands in the kitchen of her home in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. She has lived in this apartment for 46 years, and now that she is on a fixed income, she pays rent with the aid of Section 8 tenant-based assistance. Megan Miller for NPR hide caption
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Disney's Snow White has a scene in which the beautiful queen/stepmother turns into an old hag. Scholar Maria Tatar says it's "probably more frightening for adults than children because it compresses the aging process into about 20 seconds." Disney hide caption
Why Are Old Women Often The Face Of Evil In Fairy Tales And Folklore?
A plastic surgeon performs a double-eyelid surgery on a patient at the BK Clinic in Seoul in August 2007. Han Jae-Ho/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Megan Smith is the new U.S. chief technology officer. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
From Silicon Valley To White House, New U.S. Tech Chief Makes Change
Caltech biochemical engineer Frances Arnold was awarded a National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Obama in 2013. Jason Reed/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Lynn Good has had many mentors throughout her career — but few of them were women. "So I'm generationally on the early part of the ascent of women into leadership roles," the Duke Energy president and CEO says. Pat Sullivan/AP hide caption
A publicity still from the movie Working Girl, which prominently featured the beloved power suit. 20th Century Fox hide caption
Before creating The Mindy Project, Mindy Kaling wrote and appeared in NBC's The Office. Isabella Vosmikova/FOX hide caption
Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, at her desk in August. Alex Geana/Splash News/Corbis hide caption
Editor: New 'Cosmo' Woman Is 'Interested In Mascara And The Middle East'
Michelle Howard is the first woman to achieve the rank of four-star admiral in the Navy. James Clark/NPR hide caption
Janet Timal, 47 (right), stands with her niece Thairine, 21. Janet has had a tummy tuck and breast augmentation and helped her niece pay for liposuction. "The ideal is to be able to put something on, to sit down and not have your belly jumping out. Here in Brazil it gets hot, and the less clothes, the better," says Janet. Jimmy Chalk for NPR hide caption
