Around the world, changes in demographics and technology are dramatically reshaping how women live, work and age. NPR returns with the Changing Lives of Women series to take a look at how the image of women has changed as they've gained financial and political autonomy. The series airs on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, from Tuesday, September 29, through the week of November 17.
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NEW AIR DATE: Tech Comes to Washington: Profile of Megan Smith
Morning Edition; Tuesday, November 3
Megan Smith started this month as the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, only the third person to have the job. To become CTO, she left the top post at Google X, the lab division of Google responsible for self-driving cars, wifi by balloon and more. NPR's Elise Hu has this profile, as Smith transitions from the top ranks of Silicon Valley to the top ranks of Washington, DC.
NEW AIR DATE: Changing Lives, Strong Bodies
Morning Edition; Week of November 11
NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji takes a look at whether strong has truly surpassed skinny when we talk about women and beauty.
NEW AIR DATE: Double Eyelid Surgery
Morning Edition; Week of November 17 Last year, TV host Julie Chen announced she had gotten double eyelid surgery to look more white. For more than a century, East Asian women in the U.S. have been getting these blepharoplasties. But just what sorts of images of beauty have these women been conforming to? Code Switch's Kat Chow reports on the changing, varied standards of beauty for young women who seek these eyelid surgeries.
