Join co-editors of this radical volume to learn how to shift the dominant cultural narrative of elderhood, reclaim a paradigm of women’s wisdom, and co-create systemic change in your communities of practice. In this 30-minute conversation, we’ll dive deep into the creative process, exploring the ideas that sparked this book and touching on key insights. Questions from the audience are welcome, making this an interactive experience where you can connect directly with the editors. 

About the Book

Elder Women’s Wisdom: A Reclaimed Paradigm of Leadership examines seven leadership “threads” to weave a multifaceted model that celebrates the wisdom, power, and leadership legacy of older women. This insightful volume advances emerging feminist research on aging, deconstructs stereotypes, reclaims archetypes, and advocates a pioneering paradigm of elder women’s leadership.

As noted by one reviewer, “Elder Women’s Wisdom doesn’t just add to the conversation about women and leadership, it transforms it. Thankfully, not another set of strategies or performance models, this book returns us to something far deeper: remembering that leadership can be relational, embodied, intuitive, spiritual, and wise. Each chapter takes you to a wisdom council with women who have lived, led, grieved, and created from the marrow of experience.”

Elder Women’s Wisdom aligns with a global collaborative led by the United Nations to bring visibility to and inform societal beliefs about eldering. Join co-editors of this radical volume to learn how to shift a dominant cultural narrative of loss, synthesize gaps between knowledge and practice, explore intersectional capabilities, reclaim a paradigm of women’s wisdom, and co-create systemic change in your communities of practice.