Educator and author Natasha Josefowitz, who writes the biweekly “Doing It Better” column for The San Diego Community Newspaper Group, has been selected as an inductee into the San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame. Her induction ceremony is set for Sunday, March 1.
Josefowitz was selected as one of six women who have worked to improve the lives of other women and made changes in their communities. The selection committee, comprising the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women, the Women’s Museum of California, the UCSD Women’s Center and the Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University.
Josefowitz, 88, has spent her life as an educator. She taught the first course in the United States for women in management at the University of New Hampshire; her book “Path to Power, a Woman’s Guide from First Job to Top Executive” became a bestseller. She worked as a consultant to government and profit and nonprofit organizations to help women enter male-dominated places of work. Her latest project focuses on how men and women grieve and heal differently and takes a new approach to the different stages of grief. Her latest book, “Living Without the One You Cannot Live Without,” is a reflection of her research and personal experiences on the subject.
Josefowitz was a professor of management for 30 years and is an internationally known business consultant and keynote speaker. For 10 years, she had her own weekly program on public radio and a monthly segment on television. She has also been a guest on numerous radio and TV shows, including “All Things Considered,” “The Larry King Show” and “The Dr. Ruth Show,” to name a few. Josefowitz is the best-selling author and award-winning poet of 20 business and poetry books. Her articles and poems have been published in more than 100 journals and magazines, including The Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, The London Times and most major newspapers in the United States.