Over-50 women say aging's not so bad
[Boston Globe - 19 November 2002] A majority of women age 50 and older say the experience of aging is better than they expected, according to a nationwide poll released yesterday by the National Center on Women and Aging at Brandeis University in Waltham. Nearly 70 percent described their own physical health as good or excellent, and 90 percent of those over 80 rated their emotional health as good or excellent as well.