The Power of the Positive Crone
by
Carole Spearin McCauley
The following is the second of the four part series by Carole Spearin McCauley. The first part is available here
This article was written for The Great Age Issue. The author has graciously permitted us to serialize it on our blog as a prelude to the issue itself. Our second issue for this year - 14.2 - is dedicated to aging and gender: representations in speculative fiction, everyday experiences, creative fiction or non-fiction, and more. Inspired by board member, Constance Brereton, we're calling this The Great Age Issue.
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Author Bio: Carole Spearin McCauley is a medical writer/editor, the author of 13 books (medical nonfiction, literary novels, mysteries), from large (Simon&Schuster) and smaller (Daughters, Inc; Women's Press) publishers in the U.S., U.K., Israel, Italy. One nonfiction book title is Surviving Breast Cancer (Dutton, Bantam Books). Her two latest mystery novels, Cold Steal and A Winning Death, appeared recently in hardcover and paperback from Hilliard&Harris.com (Maryland). Her short work (stories, articles, poetry, reviews, interviews) has appeared in about 200 periodicals, anthologies, and now online, including New York Times, America, Family Circle, National Catholic Reporter, The Atlantic, North American Review, Redbook, Woman's World, Women of Mystery. Seven short pieces have won prizes in international contests that include Radio Netherlands Worldwide and USA Today.
Her 13th book, How She Saved Her Life, is a tale of love/business/arson--with llamas--that features a mature heroine. It's set in the Berkshire Hills, western Mass. where Carole grew up. She graduated from Antioch College, Ohio, and earned an M.A. in writing from Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. For five years she planned programs with the Woman's Salon, Manhattan. At Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, she has taught Basics of Fiction Writing and works with Women's Network of the Upper Valley. She speaks yearly at Berkshire Women Writers Festival, Mass. She belongs to the Grail international women's movement and worked years at Grailville, its Ohio N.A. headquarters, and at its Manhattan art-bookshop.
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RESOURCES FOR THE
POSITIVE CRONE
Books
Evoland,
A., Chasiotis, W., eds, Grandmotherhood—The
Evolutionary Significance of the Second Half of Female Life. Rutgers University
Minkin,
Mary Jane, A Woman’s Guide to Menopause
and Perimenopause, Yale
University Press,
2005.
Weidiger,
Paula, Menstruation and Menopause: The
Physiology and Psychology, the Myth and
Reality, New York
Articles
McKinley,
Sonja and Margot Jefferys, “The Menopausal Syndrome,” British Journal of Prev. and Social Medicine 28:2, 1974, pp.
108-15.
“Menopause. Social Expectations, Women’s Realities.” Women’s
Mental Health 5:5-8. 2002.
Groups
bootswebmd.com
U.K.
/thebms.org.uk British Menopause Society, latest research
news.
emedicinehealth.com Women’s Health A-Z List.
EMAS
European Menopause and Andropause Society.
Medline
Plus. Web information from US National
Institutes of Health. Includes clinical trials at National Institute on Aging.
menopause.org North American Menopause Society (NAMS), 5900 Landerbrook Drive
webmd.com Menopause
Health Center
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