Awards
• Seven time recipient of New York Newswomen’s Club Front Page Award for Distinguished Journalism
• Washington Journalism Review Award for Best Magazine Writer in America
• New York Public Library Literary Lions Award
• 1973 The National Magazine Award for Report Excellence
• 1987 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards for The Spirit of Survival
• 1994 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Dartmouth
• 1997 Hospital for Special Surgery Award For Groundbreaking Work In Women’s Health
• 2002 American Psychological Associations Presidential Citation
• 2011 American Society on Aging Leadership Award
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