COVER STORY
WRITTEN BY LYNDA V. MAPES PHOTOGRAPHED BY BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER
ON THE COVER: Overcoming bias and lack of opportunity, they became women of influence. From top left: Dorothy Hollingsworth, Maria Luz Lara Lopez, Jeannette C. Hayner, Anne Gould Hauberg, Luth Tenorio and Katie Dolan.

PLANT LIFE Happy Together Our born-again interest in rhodies invites us to underplant them with ferns and other friends. ON FITNESS Fit For The Fight Get in shape to help keep breast cancer at bay. NOW & THEN Dreams Submerged

TASTE Tea Time A traditional sidestep that can tame the birthday-party monster. NORTHWEST LIVING All Grown Up A new book helps empty-nest parents take back the space.

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