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 menopausal women — I offer a report from the trenches of a different aspect of the mind-changing business. WVFC Board Member Faith Childs It [...]

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 discrimination based on gender in federally funded schools. Bridging academics and sports, the Hillsboro, Mo. librarians asked the girls’ volleyball team to read "Let Me [...]

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 benefits. Marking the start of a wave of boomer retirements — thousands could apply for Social Security daily over the next 20 years — [...]

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. R.J. Reynold’s current marketing strategy includes offering giveaways of lip balm and hot pink cellphone jewelry, among other items, and combining cigarette promotions with fashion [...]

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 reader. She was born in 1961, which means she missed the Sixties with a capital "S." The other was born in 1960, so she too [...]

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 over 40. Our questions and her responses follow below. Please add your comments at the end. Women’s Voices for Change: The introduction to your health [...]

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 morning without health insurance. Of those, some 21.5 million are women, women who cannot get the basic care they need and deserve. Every day, [...]

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’ spouses in California that the "days of the ceremonial first lady" are bygone. According to Shriver, who is married to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, [...]

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 reunion, then a week with family in Arizona without my computer or New York Times subscription, and found messages asking for comment on the [...]

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 look at the effects of too little sleep, there’s an article on sleep and the myths of aging. Gina Kolata writes: To researchers’ great surprise, [...]