Senior Women Web
Shopping in the UK; The Carrier Company
Owner Tina Guillory works from her 17th century house making such products as the traditional Norfolk Slop, a windproof sailcloth smock; popular with painters, gardeners and woodworkers. more »
Cancer and the Media; How Does the News Report on Treatment and Outcomes?
News reports about cancer frequently discuss aggressive treatment and survival but rarely discuss treatment failure, adverse events, end-of-life care, or death. more »
Resolving Work-Life Conflicts; It’s Time for Policies to Match Modern Family Needs
Families have for too long struggled to make their jobs fit their family life as the institutions around them continue to assume that the typical worker has a stay-at-home spouse and that the typical caregiver has a full-time breadwinner for income support. more »
Woman of Note: Nancy Pelosi, the woman referred to as having a spine of steel and a love of dark chocolate
"Pelosi began an unbelievable marathon of meetings that would last two months. She hunkered down with the House Progressive Caucus, the Conservative Blue Dog Coalition, regional groups, anti-abortion lawmakers. Van Hollen says she would gather people in a room and keep them there until they reached agreement." more »
