Table of Contents:
  • Late mid-life astonishment : disruptions to identity and self-esteem / Sarah F. Pearlman
  • When Mary stopped talking / Sarah B. Nelson
  • Aging lesbians : bearing the burden of triple shame / Charity V. Schoonmaker
  • Three Native American women speak about the significance of ceremony / Aleticia Tijerina-Jim
  • Confronting ageism : a MUST for mental health / Shevy Healey
  • The myth of the golden years : one older woman's perspective / Marcelle R. Adolph
  • Body image issues of older women / Joan C. Chrisler, Laurie Ghiz
  • Where are the archetypes? Searching for symbols of women's midlife passage / Valerie H. Mantecon
  • From Edith Bunker to the 6:00 news : how and what midlife women learn about menopause / Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, Ann M. Voda
  • Women at midlife : current theoretical perspectives and research / Lucia Albino Gilbert
  • The significance of the 50th birthday for women's individuation / Pirkko Niemelä, Ritva Lento
  • Older never married women : a cross-cultural investigation / Sharyn A. Paradise
  • Older women coping with divorce : peer support groups / Carol Wechsler Blatter, Jamia Jasper Jacobsen
  • Real versus reel world : older women and the Academy Awards / Elizabeth W. Markson, Carol A. Taylor
  • Between midlife and old age : never too old to learn / Rachel Josefowitz Siegel
  • The empowerment of women residents in the nursing home / Janet Lee, Marylea Benware Carr.