Born 1920, interviewed at age 86 Resistance leader, Ravensbrück prisoner #47321, Kings Medal for Courage, and Médaille de la Résistance Paris, France --
Born 1944, interviewed at age 65 Lawyer with Lou Gehrig's Disease Prout's Neck, Maine, U.S.A. --
Born ca. 1947, interviewed at age 60 Publican of the Seven Stars Carey Street, London, England --
Born 1945, interviewed at age 64 State assemblywoman and retired farmer Willsboro, New York, U.S.A. --
Born 1931, interviewed at age 77 Actress Paris, France --
Dr. Fathia Al Sulimani p. 34 --
Born 1950, interviewed at age 60 Nephrologist Riyadh, Saudi Arabia --
Marilynn Preston p. 40 --
Born 1946, interviewed at age 60 Journalist, playwright, and Emmy Award-winning TV producer Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. --
Jacqueline Délia Brémond p. 46 --
Born 1936, interviewed at age 70 Publisher, co-founder and co-chair of Fondation Ensemble Paris, France --
Born ca. 1945, interviewed at age 62 Tuareg nomad The Sahara, 36 kilometers from Tamanrasset, Algeria --
Françoise Simon p. 56 --
Born 1931, interviewed at age 76 Portrait painter Paris, France --
Born 1948, interviewed at age 60 Shaman, teacher of Transformation, and spiritual anthropologist San Francisco, California, U.S.A. --
Perla Servan-Schreiber p. 68 --
Born 1943, interviewed at age 62 Publisher, writer, and founder of Psychologie magazine Paris, France --
Born ca. 1900, interviewed at age 107 Retired cook Antigua, West Indies --
Born ca. 1932, interviewed at age 75 Jero Balian (sacred healer) Banjar Baung Sayan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia --
Born 1940, interviewed at age 70 Actress, writer, artist, and TV presenter New York and South Carolina, U.S.A. --
Salama Ba Sunbol p. 90 --
Born ca. 1957, interviewed at age 53 Embroidery specialist and trainer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia --
Tamasin Day-Lewis p. 96 --
Born 1953, interviewed at age 55 Documentary filmmaker, food critic, chef, and author Somerset, England --
Georgia Nikitara p. 104 --
Born ca. 1932, interviewed at age 74 Farmer Patmos, Greece --
Giuliana Camerino p. 108 --
Born 1920, interviewed at age 86 Founder of the design firm Roberta di Camerino Venice, Italy --
Born 1943, interviewed at age 67 Farrier, first woman in North America licensed to shoe thoroughbred horses Pasadena, California, U.S.A. --
Born 1946, interviewed at age 65 Journalist, author, and Ang San Suu Kyi's former personal assistant Yangon, Myanmar --
Born 1928, interviewed at age 80 Writer, former board president for the Whitney Museum of American Art New York City, U.S.A. --
Elizabeth Jane Howard p. 136 --
Born 1923, interviewed at age 84 Author Bungay Bay, Suffolk, England --
Modestine Browne p. 144 --
Born 1930, interviewed at age 76 Retired cook Antigua, West Indies --
Cristina Loring De Saavedra p. 148 --
Born 1947, interviewed at age 61 Madrid, Spain --
Christine Ockrent p. 154 --
Born 1944, interviewed at age 62 First French woman TV anchor Paris, France --
Born 1942, interviewed at age 64 Manicurist Fishers Island, New York, and West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. --
Lady Elizabeth Longman p. 162 --
Born 1924, interviewed at age 82 Wife of the last head of Longman Publishing Company and bridesmaid to Queen Elizabeth II London, England --
Lali Al Balushi p. 168 --
Born ca. 1950, interviewed at age 60 Housewife South Mabela, outside of Muscat, Oman --
Born 1919, interviewed at age 89 Musician, journalist, president of the Italian Jewish Communities, and vice president of European Jewish Communities Rome, Italy --
Lama Yeshe Drolma p. 180 --
Born 1945, interviewed at age 61 Buddhist teacher in the Bodi Path tradition Lubeck, Germany --
Born 1912, interviewed at age 95 Artist Fishers Island, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. --
Dodie Rosekrans p. 190 --
Born 1919, interviewed at age 88 Art collector and patron San Francisco, Paris, and Venice, Italy --
Born 1946, interviewed at age 60 Housekeeper and cook from Manila, the Philippines Paris, France --
Born ca. 1946, interviewed at age 61 Artist Salzburg, Austria --
Born 1923, interviewed at age 85 Mother of Dr. Yo-Chen Ma and Yo-Yo Ma, cellist Long Beach, New York, U.S.A. --
Charlotte Mosley p. 208 --
Born 1952, interviewed at age 55 Journalist, publisher, and editor of the letters of the Mitford sisters Paris, France --
Born 1946, interviewed at age 74 Author, translator, and former Poet Laureate of Connecticut East Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. --
Blanche Blackwell p. 222 --
Born 1912, interviewed at age 95 Ian Fleming's last great love, and mother of Chris Blackwell, who founded Island Records London, England --
Olivia De Havilland p. 223 --
Born 1916, interviewed at age 92 Actress Paris, France.
