Maddy Dychtwald

The shocking announcement that Patricia Summitt is stepping down as head coach of University of Tennessee's signature women's basketball program stunned not just sports fans but the world at large. This isn't another case of a college coach forced to leave because of bad behavior. This is akin...

The recent "mancession," in which 82 percent of job loss was felt by men, has been touted as a victory for women. But does a job held by a woman necessarily mean one lost by a man?

As part of my research for my latest book,"Influence:...

How old is old?

The results of a new survey by the U.K.'s Department of Work and Pensions is bound to spark some heated exchanges at the next multigenerational family gathering. Those under 25 believe that youth ends at 32 and old age dodders onto the radar at...

Now that 2011 is well under way, many of us are making and breaking resolutions -- trying to figure out how we can be the best version of ourselves for 2011. The word "reinvention" keeps popping up, especially in conversations with women who want to move into leadership positions in...

When I was knee-deep in research for my new book, INFLUENCE: How Women's Soaring Economic Power will Transform Our World for the Better, I was struck by the fact that of all the shifts created by women's economic emancipation, the most monumental may prove to be its impact...

After forty years of marriage, Al and Tipper Gore announced this week that they have grown apart and are going their separate ways. They met at a high school graduation dance and then said "I Do" when Tipper was just twenty-one and Al was twenty-two. With four grown...

The Tea Party Movement has been brewing for awhile in our country, resulting in front page headlines, strong political rhetoric and emotional reactions -- both pro and con -- from many Americans. But I want to tell you about a very different tea party, with a far more satisfying outcome....

A few weeks ago, I was at a meeting in New York about my new book, INFLUENCE: How Women's Soaring Economic Power will Transform Our World for the Better. Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake, one of the other attendees, voiced concern that young women...

Who are the world's most influential women? With Mother's Day brunch still being digested, we think it's a no brainer. For both of us--it's our mothers. Maddy's mother, Sally Kent Fusco, has been through it all: a first husband who couldn't earn a consistent living and died young, and a...

In J. Lo's latest movie, The Back-up Plan, our intrepid, artificially inseminated heroine enjoys an onscreen orgasm sparked by a heady combo of some wet kissing and pregnancy hormones. As women with 27 combined months of pregnancy between us, we're both a little skeptical (as is Mary Pols,...

Throughout the economic downturn, we've heard a lot about the "man-cession," where men have lost more jobs than women. But there's something bothersome about that term. It makes men sound like losers and women sound like winners in the worst economic slide in recent history. But that's not really true:...

What does a newly released children's book, "Gideon's Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings", a just released film, "Bonneville," and the growing financial power of women have in common? More than you might expect.

"Gideon's Dream: A Tale of New Beginnings" is an imaginative new children's book -...