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Aging Up, Not Out

A conversation with Nancy Morrow-Howell

Ageism is just one of the biases women face in the workplace. Whether you’re too old or too young, you’re not taken seriously, your ideas are shot down, and you miss vital opportunities to advance your career.

Nancy Morrow-Howell is a social policy professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and she directs the University’s Friedman Center for Aging. In this conversation, Women at Work cohosts Amy Bernstein and Amy Gallo talk to Nancy about how older women are treated in the workplace, the feelings of invisibility as they age in their careers, and the resilience that comes with experience.

AMY GALLO: Since you’ve identified as an older adult, have you noticed that people ...

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