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Current Research: Pathways to health in later life: a cohort study of Woman´s College alumnae

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that influence the health and wellness of women as they age. The sample for this study is women alumnae of Woman´s College, 1917-1963 (now UNCG).

In many ways this population of women is unique:

• They attended college when most women in North Carolina did not.
• They attended the U.S.´s first publicly supported college for women only.
• They were trained by well-educated, strong women faculty to be leaders, and to have, in the words of one alumna, certain independence".

As a result, they were well educated women making choices about work, family and community before the rise of the second wave of the American feminist movement. Not surprisingly, the different choices this group made about how to live their lives reflects a diverse set of values, priorities and options. For these reasons, the graduates of Woman´s College provides a unique opportunity to learn more about the different pathways women take and how these pathways affect women´s health and wellness as they age.

We have just completed conducing 7 focus groups interview with 20 alumnae who live in the Greensboro area. We conducted these to learn more about the lives of this population and their interests. This information will be used to create a survey that will be mailed next year to about 5,000 Woman´s College alumnae (about ½ of those still living).

Page updated: 27-May-2008

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