elder stateswoman

As she grew older, she began to be considered the elder stateswoman of women's rights movements in the city.

Now she is an elder stateswoman of sorts, but still the kind of gal who can always cause a scene.

Her position in the High Commission required her to play the elder stateswoman to them all.

I mean, actually, I'm the elder stateswoman.

She has established herself as the elder stateswoman of Iranian cinema with documentaries and films about social pathology.

Now that Marion qualifies as an elder stateswoman, Alice wants her to go to the restaurant every night and hold court.

Her long history in Connecticut politics gives her, at age 67, a cachet of the elder stateswoman with very high name recognition, he said.

The Lady Constance, the elder stateswoman from Earth itself, was courteously received.

"Once they find out who he is," warned the elder stateswoman, "they will want him for his knowledge about biofilters and transporters.

(The elder stateswoman, Kerry, is 31.)

"That's not the first time, Anne," Wilson said - a doff of the hat to the elder stateswoman of make-believe.

At 55, a senior vice president with Marsh Inc. who had recently moved to New York, she was a self-taught elder stateswoman in her information technology group.

At 35, Sorenstam is an elder stateswoman on the L.P.G.A. Tour, but she has no plans to slow down, much less retire.

Vaughan remained quite active as a performer during the 1980s and began receiving awards recognizing her contribution to American music and status as an important elder stateswoman of jazz.

THE greatest difference between us and the rest of the animal kingdom, declared Clairee Belcher, the cheeky elder stateswoman in "Steel Magnolias," is "our ability to accessorize."

Though her choice of songs had always been eclectic, the album was regarded as a departure for Harris who, by the age of 48, had become something of an elder stateswoman in country music.

Diana would continue in her role as an elder stateswoman among the superhero community until the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" came to Earth-Two and erased all of its existence from reality.

In Ritu Kumar, strains of sitar complement the traditional, richly embroidered saris and salwar-kameez outfits made by Ms. Kumar, the elder stateswoman of Indian fashion.

Today, along with performers like Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell and Marianne Faithfull, she stands as an elder stateswoman of a pop culture in which everyone over 35 is considered elder.

Representative Marge Roukema, a moderate Republican and the elder stateswoman of New Jersey's Congressional delegation, announced today that she would not seek re-election next year, leaving open a seat that could hold promise for the Democrats.

Through her work as an indigenous elder stateswoman, Bernadette gained international recognition as a member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers - a group of spiritual elders, medicine women and wisdom keepers since its founding in 2004.

All of which serves to remind me that the chic elder stateswoman of drama sitting before me - who now talks of her love of cycling and life in the open air - has lived a life seasoned with its share of loucheness.

Her final appearance was finishing 12th in the marathon in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where, as the elder stateswoman of American track and field at age 39, she was selected to be the flagbearer in the opening ceremonies.

Earlier this fall, Mr. Kohl's coalition partners, the Free Democrats, nominated Hildegard Hamm-Bruchher, a 72-year-old elder stateswoman, and the opposition Social Democrats picked Johannes Rau, 62, the Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia.

But one thing is certain: "Everybody knows about him," said Angela Ferrini, a neighborhood resident with impressive animal credentials - she owns three cats and a dog, a collie and shepherd mix named Queenie who, at nearly 17 years old, is the elder stateswoman of the local canine set.