The New York Times – Music:
For decades, the singer-songwriter carved her own path while battling sexism in the music industry and personal darkness. Now, at 60, she’s telling her story in a new documentary.
Category: Women and Girls
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The Brazilian Jazz Great Flora Purim Has Many Stories to Tell
The New York Times – Music:
The musician, now 80, looks back at her time with Chick Corea and Carlos Santana as she prepares to release her first album in 17 years.
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A Gymnast’s Death Was Supposed to Be a Wake-Up Call. What Took So Long?
The New York Times – Sports:
Christy Henrich’s struggle with eating disorders launched a reckoning in sports, but progress has been slow.
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The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit
The New York Times – Travel:
Airlines are struggling to find enough pilots and to diversify a profession that has been very resistant to change.
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An Older Boston Marathon Runner Piles Up the Goals
The New York Times – Sports:
In 2019, Mariko Yugeta became the first woman older than 60 to finish a marathon in less than three hours. In the Boston Marathon, she tried to do it again.
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In 1972, Only 8 Women Ran the Boston Marathon. Today, 12,100 are Running.
The New York Times – Sports:
Women had been banned from the Boston Marathon for 76 years before a change 50 years ago.