On Wednesdays, I share posts, fables, songs, poems, quotations, TEDx Talks, cartoons, and books that have inspired and motivated me on my writing journey. I hope these posts will give writers, artists, and other creatives a mid-week boost.
Here are ten phenomenal woman who achieved success in their fifties and beyond:
Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for her film The Hurt Locker at fifty-seven.
Julia Child was fifty when her first cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, was published.
Deb Haaland became the first Native-American to serve as a cabinet secretary at age sixty.
Arianna Huffington started The Huffington Post when she was fifty-five and Thrive Media at sixty-six.
Kris Jenner pitched her first TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, when she was fifty-two.
Toni Morrison wrote her first novel, The Bluest Eye, when she was forty. She won a Pulitzer at fifty-six, and a Novel Prize in Literature at sixty-two.
Maxine Waters was first elected as a congresswoman for California at age fifty-two
Betty White didn’t achieve icon status until she was cast on The Mary Tyler Moore Show at age fifty, and her popularity soared until her final days at ninety-nine.
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, at age sixty-four.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer was fifty-two when she got her first radio show, Sexually Speaking.
Joanne Guidoccio 