The Power of Role Models for Childless Elderwomen
Free Solstice Webinar: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Register free at this link; the recording will be sent out the next day to all who register. The chat is moderated and is usually pretty lively too!Fireside Wisdom with Childless Elderwomen is a series of quarterly webinars I host with an inspiring panel of childless elderwomen ranging from their late 50s to their mid-70s (I am fifty-nine-and-a-half!) The webinars are public, free, and open to all and you are very welcome to join us whatever age you are - we have noticed that people from their 20s to their 80s usually attend and the intergenerational connections in the chat are profoundly satisfying.
We meet each Equinox and Solstice for these lively truth-telling sessions (usually a lot of laughter too!) and our next one is coming up on Wednesday 20th December - the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
For December's session, we are gathering around the Zoom Fire to unpack 'The Power of the Role Model' for those of us ageing without children. Who are they? Where the heck are they? How do we find them? How do we become them? And why is all this so important?! (And if you could share YOURS in the comments, I’d love that! Mine are currently Miss Marple (loved her character forever), Diana Athill and every single one of my NomoCrone panellists!)
As this is a webinar, neither your voice nor face will be seen or be part of the recording; if you do use the chat function, your Zoom user name will be visible in the chat, but the chat transcript does not form part of the recording. There is an anonymous Q&A session at the end for you to ask your questions, and if you have any questions/issues/areas you would particularly like us to explore, you can mention that when you register, or email me directly at jody@gateway-women.com
Please join me, Jody Day, and my wonderful #NomoCrone guests (Nomo=not mother + crone is not an insult!) Our panel are a mixture of unpartnered and partnered women, and some also hold other intersectional identities too. You can find out more about each of the panellists below here: Who are the NomoCrones.
Jody Day (UK/IE) www.gateway-women.com
Sue Fagalde Lick (US) www.childlessbymarriageblog.com
Elizabeth Grambsch (US) www.elizabethgrambsch.com
Kate Kaufmann (US) www.katekaufmann.com
Trish Faulks (UK) www.justmeandlilley.co.uk
Donna Ward (AUS) www.donna-ward.com.au
Tessa Broad (UK) www.tessabroad.co.uk
Karen Malone Wright (US) www.thenotmom.com
Jackie Shannon Hollis (US) www.jackieshannonhollis.com
Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos (US) www.silentsorority.com
Stella Duffy (UK/NZ) www.stelladuffy.blog
Mary Henson (UK) www.inconceivable.wordpress.com
The Fireside Wisdom webinars are live, free and recorded and I send out the video link 24 hours later to all who register, whether you are able to attend or not. Click here to register; you will then receive an email from Zoom with a personal link to join the call.
You can find out more about my emerging Gateway Elderwomen project and watch previously recorded sessions here. You can follow me on Instagram @ApprenticeCrone and join my monthly email newsletter here (now in its 13th year!) to keep up to date on events, workshops and news for childless women.
My role model is ‘Betty’. A wonderful friend, neighbour, eccentric. Childless. Sadly passed. You don’t know her- you will soon!