I'll never say, 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is my last performance.' Maybe my last for that day, sure, but not my last 'last.' Lily: Everything I've experienced has gone into my material. As I got closer to that age, I thought, 'Gee, I never thought this day would come.' But you know what? I'm 75, and it's not bad. Lily: In my 30s, I started doing a character named Sister Boogie Woman, who was 77. Research suggests that older people feel happier and less hostile, and that life gets easier. But for most people, life is more of an upward evolution. Want to start taking instead of doing all the giving? Subscribe to the Newsletter and get economic news provided with service and devotion.Jane: I hope with our new series, Grace and Frankie, we dispel the traditional view of aging: You're born, you peak at midlife, then you decline into age. Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts and NPR One. 'įind us: Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / TikTok

Music: '9 to 5,' '5 to 9,' and ' Fly on the Wall. And a look at how far we have - or haven't - come since then. Today on the show, we meet the women behind the movement that inspired the movie.

Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and country singer Dolly Parton (who also wrote the famous theme song), 9 to 5 was one of the first movies focused on the lives of women in the workplace. They called themselves the '9to5.'Īctress Jane Fonda then decided to turn the real life struggles of working women into a hit Hollywood movie. And in 1973, a group of secretaries in Boston formed a women's labor organization. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there was a real sense that big workplace changes were just beyond the horizon.Īt the time a very common job for women was clerical work. Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda in a scene from the movie '9 to 5'įlexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay.

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