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Laurie Sheck - a contemporary poet, she has been a past finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and has taught at the New School in New York City. Born in the Bronx, Sheck’s honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation,


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Change for Women

What Happy Women Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Change Women's Lives for the Better

by Dan Baker

Rodale, 2007
155.333 B

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The Female Stress Survival Guide

by Georgia Witkin

Newmarket Press, 2000
155.633 W

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What Women Want Next

by Susan Maushart

Bloomsbury, 2007
305.42 M

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Eating, Drinking, Overthinking: The Toxic Triangle of Food, Alcohol, and Depression-and How Women Can Break Free

by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Henry Holt, 2006
616.8527 N

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Hot Flashes, Hormones, & Your Health

by JoAnn E. Manson

McGraw-Hill, 2007
618.175 M

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How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better

by Charla Krupp

Springboard Press, 2008
646.7042 K

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ONLINE

  • Book of Choices: New York Resources for Unplanned Pregnancy describes resources available in New York State that help women with unplanned pregnancy. Includes information on preventing pregnancy, the options available when experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, ending a pregnancy, choosing adoption, becoming a parent, and how to pay for care.
  • The North American Menopause Society is a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting women's health during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause. This site contains information on perimenopause, early menopause, menopause symptoms and long-term health effects of estrogen loss, and a wide variety of therapies to enhance health.
  • The Center Against Domestic Violence operates shelters to house and feed women and children who are homeless because of domestic violence. In addition, they provide supportive services, including counseling and children's programs, to battered women and children.
  • The Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch fights against the dehumanization and marginalization of women, promoting equal rights and human dignity, and taking action to stop discrimination and violence against women.
1. Becoming a parent
2. Becoming a U.S. citizen
3. Career change
4. Change for older adults
5. Change for women
6. Change of address
7. Change of heart		 8. Change your mind
9. Community change
10. Educational change
11. Environmental change
12. Making healthy changes
13. Money changes everything
14. Voting for change