Clinton, Couric and Chris Matthews’ Sexist Spin
November 29, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
by Gloria Feldt
When it comes to Chris Matthews’s interpretation of Hillary Clinton’s words — any of her words –she’s damned if she yays and damned if she nays.
After gloating [...]
Ask Dr. Pat: Why Can’t I Stay on Hormones?
November 29, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change

Have a question about women’s health or menopause? Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen may have the answer. Click here to send in your question to be posted on WVFC.
Question: I am [...]
Read More »Health Round-Up: New Online Bone Health Calculator; Menopause in the Workplace; R.J. Reynolds Drops Consumer Mag Advertising; Smoking-Related Lung Disease On the Rise in Women
November 29, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Predicting Risk of Hip Fracture in Postmenopausal Women: From HealthDay News: "Scientists have developed a model to help doctors predict which postmenopausal women are likely to sustain a hip fracture [...]
Read More »“So Attention Must Be Paid”
November 28, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change

by Liz Smith | bio
The headline, taken from Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman," is something I thought of recently when talking to my great friend Pete Peterson, one of [...]
Read More »WVFC Lauds Liz Smith
November 28, 2007 by Laura Baudo Sillerman
In tapping Liz Smith as its first Ann Richards Troublemaker in Residence, Women’s Voices for Change celebrates the glory of women who weren’t born yesterday — and delivers great essays [...]
Read More »WVFC Interviews U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand
November 27, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change

U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat who represents New York’s 20th district, credits her grandmother, who founded the first women’s Democratic club in the Albany area and was a tireless [...]
Read More »News Mix: Wonder Woman, Written by a Woman; Freshman U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas; Clinton’s Electoral Edge; Sports Illustrated Slow to Hire (Or Cover) Women
November 27, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
Wonder Women’s New Voice: A mere 35 years after Wonder Woman appeared on the first newsstand cover of Ms., a woman is writing the series for DC Comics. George Gene [...]
Read More »A Greater Gratitude
November 26, 2007 by Laura Baudo Sillerman
by Laura Sillerman | bio
"You cut the turkey?"
This refrain from Barry Levinson’s brilliant film, "Avalon," made its way to our Thanksgiving dinner more than once in the 90s. [...]
Over the River and Through the Woods
November 26, 2007 by Patricia Yarberry Allen
by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio
I have finally accepted that I am not a holiday person.
Childhood memories of Thanksgiving trips to Grandma’s house do not fill me with [...]
News Mix: Promoting Safer Sex Over 50; Taking Marriage Private; Green Investing 101; Feminist Bookstore Struggles to Keep Going in Texas
November 26, 2007 by Women's Voices For Change
The L.A. Times today reports on efforts to educate the baby boom generation and their elders about safer sex practices.
Though "approximately four times as many HIV diagnoses occurred in [...]

