Discover the diverse ways aging women attempt to deal with the universal challenges of loss, sickness, and death along with the problems of being old women in a society that values women mainly as sexual partners or producers of children. Old women are often seen as poor, powerless, and pitiful in our sexist and youth-oriented society. The truth is that women age much more successfully than do men and they are increasingly in the majority as our population ages. These truths and others are presented in Faces of Women and Aging--a collection written by women, a number of whom are themselves...

Contains some 50 contributions by and about women who led what is sometimes called the second wave of the feminist movement which took place roughly during the 1960s and 1970s. Contributors describe what led up to their achievements, what they accomplished, and how their lives were changed by their work. Contributors include Judy Chicago, Starhaw

Has also been published as Women and therapy, v.7, numbers 2/3, 1988. Candid discussions on orgasm, the double standard, new reproductive options, intimacy, bisexuality; etc. Acidic paper; no index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Who are the women who struggled to form lesbian communities--and how did they fund their activism?

In Everyday Mutinies: Funding Lesbian Activism, two dozen lesbians--including well-known activists such as Martina Navratilova, Alison Bechdel, Dee Mosbacher, and Jewelle Gomez--tell the stories of their activism, with an emphasis on how they support themselves and fund their political activities. Their examples can help you deal with raising and allocating money. Less than 0.3 of all philanthropic dollars are awarded to lesbian and gay projects each year. Yet Everyday Mutinies shares...