""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" November 01, 1995 - Episode 460 - Women of Achievement and Herstory compiled by Irene Stuber """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Young women of college age are able to reduce the risk of fractures in their elderly years by a few changes in their lifestyles, new medical studies have found. While it is best for women to be physically active in their teens and pre-teens for denser bone mass, the potential for improvement later in life should not be ignored. In studies printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, it was shown that diet, physical activity, and calcium supplements are critical in later years. The active woman who jogs or played in sports about three times a week and consumes about four servings of dairy products a day is at the lowest risk for osteoporosis in later life - and their natural estrogen hormone levels remain higher in later life. Listen to this old lady, kids - exercise and eat right. Being of an "advanced" age is much more fun when you are healthy - and remember, you should have 30 or 40+ years AFTER menopause that can be GREAT (a LOT more fun than you think) if you watch what you do the first 25 years of your life. It's your life - It's up to you. 11-01 Anniversaries ........................................... Born Nov. 1, 1811, Frances Miriam Berry Whitcher, author, primarily of humorous insights into the village life of her time. B. Nov. 1, 1847, Emma Albani, French-Canadian-British soprano and voice teacher of international fame. Charles Gounod wrote _Mors et Vita_ expressly for her. Was the first Desdemona at the Metropolitan in 1890. Awarded Dame of the British Empire in 1925. Event Nov. 1, 1848, Boston Female Medical School, opened its doors as the first all-woman medical school in the US; now a part of Boston University School of Medicine. B. Nov. 1, 1858, Mary Adelaide Nutting, instrumental in raising the standards of nursing education and requirements, as well as accomplishing significant breakthroughs in hospital administration, public health, and home economics. B. Nov. 1, 1872, Helen Fuller Orton, author of more than 35 books for children all with accurate historical backgrounds. Sold more than a million books. Her mother was a schoolteacher. Event Nov. 1, 1921, the American Birth Control League, is founded by Margaret Sanger. Dissemination of birth control information was illegal in the United States at the time. B. Nov. 1, 1923, Victoria DeLos Angelos, Spanish soprano who sang 12 seasons with the Metropolitan Opera and known for her interpretations of Spanish songs. B. Nov. 1, 1928, Irene Stuber, award-winning journalist and compiler of Women of Achievement and Herstory. E. Nov. 1, 1961, an estimated 50,000 women demonstrate world-wide in Women Strike for Peace in opposition to nuclear weapons. Quotes du jour ................................................ "Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens. -- Lillian "Ms Lillian" Carter in _Ms. Magazine_, 1976 "Old age transfigures or fossilizes." --Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. And one of my all-time favorites: "Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force." -- Dorothy L. Sayers in _Clouds of Witness_. ....................... * ........................ Don't let anyone tell you there weren't notable and effective women throughout history. They were always there, but historians failed to note them in our histories so that the women of each generation has had to reinvent themselves. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >>(C) 1995, All Rights Reserved, Irene Stuber, PO Box 6185, Hot Springs National Park, AR 71902, voice mail or fax, 501-624-5262 ID #300, or email irenestuber@delphi.com or istuber@cswnet.com with comments and suggestions. Distribute verbatim copies freely with copyright notice for non-profit use. We are accepting *limited* donations (only what can be spared) to help offset the online costs of posting WOA.<<