On Women Turning 70: Honoring the Voices of Wisdom On Women Turning 70 is a book that is made up of interviews with several older women who took their biggest steps toward success when they were in their senior years. Rountree spoke with women like author Madeline L’Engle, andacclaimed newspaper columnist Liz Smith, who became successfuljust as she was about to retire. Rountree learned about thewomen’s lives and got their take on feminism and aging toinclude in the book. The women that Rountree chose tointerview seem to be women who either began living life to thefullest in their older years, or who achieved greatness young,and have held onto to that throughout their entire lives. On Women Turning 70 includes profiles of sixteen women,with information about their past, and important moments intheir lives. It also includes what each woman said in herinterview about themselves, and their vitality. Some sectionshad quotes from the women about aging and why they aredifferent than most women. For example, sociologist LeeRobins said of her new-found love at age 75, “How different islove in my seventies from when I was in love as a young woman? It’s not terribly different......there are no unknownsanymore...” Robins goes on to tell more advantages to beingher age and in love. She also tells her feelings about all ofthe positive things about being older, in general. Author Doris Lessing had a similar take on life, havingfallen in love at age 65. Lessing talks about how she doesn’tmind being “invisible” to younger people, as she calls it. She discusses how this concept is mostly an American one andhow in other countries and cultures, younger people areextremely interested in their elders. Young people in othercountries, for example China, feel that older people have veryvalid opinions on different topics, according to Lessing. Shealso talks about how she is mostly “invisible...
