1.0The Queen of My Selfhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyselfDonna Heneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/author/dhenesQueens Everywhere - The Queen of My Selfrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="96zQyeVe5P"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2010/07/queens-everywhere.html">Queens Everywhere</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/thequeenofmyself/2010/07/queens-everywhere.html/embed#?secret=96zQyeVe5P" width="600" height="338" title="“Queens Everywhere” — The Queen of My Self" data-secret="96zQyeVe5P" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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One third of all women in America are over the age of fifty, and one woman reaches that milestone every seven and a half seconds. Climacteric women, more than fifty million strong, now comprise the single largest population segment of American society. Silent no more, we are reading and talking and conspiring among ourselves. It…