From the Trenches: Face to Face with an Old and Persistent Attitude
October 31, 2007 by Faith Childs

by Faith Childs | bio
Inasmuch as we at Women’s Voices for Change are in the mind-changing business — trying to get women and others to think differently about menopause and [...]
Teaching Title IX on the Field
October 31, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change

Cheers to high school librarians Karen Huskey and Doréan Dow for coming up with a brilliant way to educate young female athletes about Title IX, the 35-year-old legislation that prohibits [...]
Read More »Female Baby Boomers and the Retirement Gap
October 30, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Writing at Women’s eNews, Sarah Seltzer draws attention to the "retirement gap":
On Oct. 16, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, a schoolteacher from New Jersey approaching her 62nd birthday, filed for Social Security retirement [...]
Smoking Out Women’s Magazines: Rep. Capps Goes After Camel No. 9 Ads
October 29, 2007 by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger

by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio
Earlier this year, I wrote about the rolling out of Camel No. 9, the new Camel cigarette dressed up in pink and marketed to women. [...]
Read More »Just a Couple of Middle-Aged Women …
October 26, 2007 by Laura Baudo Sillerman
by Laura Sillerman | bio
One went to a Roman Catholic High School and an all women’s college. She enjoys theater, tap and jazz dancing and cooking. She’s a big [...]
WVFC Q&A with Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton
October 25, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton last month unveiled her health care plan and reached out to Women’s Voices for Change for an online Q&A about how the plan will benefit women [...]
Read More »A Plan to Do Better
October 25, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Here is what we know: Our national health care system is broken. In 1994, 39 million people were uninsured. Today, some 47 million Americans wake up each [...]
Conference of Candidates’ Spouses: Women as Architects of Change?
October 24, 2007 by Faith Childs
by Faith Childs | bio
It may be that Maria Shriver, former journalist, author and self-described "general assignment first lady," was correct when she asserted yesterday at a conference of candidates’ [...]
When Sex and National Politics Collide, the Fallout is Women’s Health
October 24, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
by Gloria Feldt
My goodness, I go away for a week and miss all sorts of happenings in the world where sex and politics collide.
I returned from my high school [...]
Health Round-Up: Science of Sleep; Geraldine Ferraro on Healthcare Reform; Breast Cancer Studies; Good and Bad Advice on Weight Loss
October 24, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
A special issue of this week’s Science Times examines research into the science of sleep. In addition to a story on the possible connection between sleep and memory, and this [...]
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