TY - BOOK AU - Bernard,Miriam TI - Women ageing: changing identities, challenging myths SN - 9780415189439 : U1 - 305.244 BER PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Middle aged women KW - Aging KW - Social aspects KW - Aged women KW - Older women KW - Middle-aged women KW - Women's health KW - thema KW - Social & ethical issues KW - Gender studies: women & girls KW - Personal & public health KW - Medical sociology KW - Cultural studies KW - Age groups: the elderly N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Introduction 2.The Change: Challenges and Opportunities Gill Granville 3 Working Women: Paid and Unpaid Carers Judith Phillips and Sandra J McIsaac 4.Something for Me: Women Aged 50 Plus in Higher Education Patsy Marshall 5 Our Ageing Selves: Midlife Professionals Reflect on Growing Older Val Davies and Miriam Bernard 6.From Pin Money to Needlepoint Miriam Bernard and Julie Skucha 7 Widowhood in Later Life Pat Chambers 8.Love and Romance in Later Life Julia Ryan 9.Older Women, Long-term Marriage and Care Mo Ray 10.Loss and Change: Women\'s Experience of Grief Linda Machin 11.Conclusion N2 - This volume is primarily concerned with the lives of adult women and discusses key themes of identity; myths and reality and managing change. The book looks at the influence of ethnicity and race, disability and sexual orientation ER -