Articles related to "Young Women"

This sample YWIE program for Latter-day Saint young women revolves around a central theme: how personal progress helps them to be instruments in God's hands.

How can Young Women presidencies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encourage girls to do Personal Progress? Try some of these fun ideas and suggestions.

Cell phones, especially ones with text message features, are highly addictive for teens - LDS young women included. Learn how to handle cell phone use in church meetings.

Planning a year full of Mutual activities for LDS young women is no easy task. Here are some ideas and suggestions to help get leaders started.

Running out of new ideas for the bulletin board in the LDS Young Women room? Writing a monthly question and doing the board as a class makes it stress-free and fun.

Young Women Writers is a blog for budding writers and seasoned veterans alike. It is a place for writers to converge to think and write as one.

An article that answers the question, "what are the young women value colors?" that also includes YW value ideas and LDS young women projects for personal progress.

This memorable mutual activity assists leaders in teaching LDS young women the importance of getting married in the temple, and strengthens their resolve to do so.

Gilly Hicks offers an exclusive shopping experience for the most intimate of apparel. The Australian-inspired style caters to young women, selling bras and underwear.

Mary Baldwin's PEG program is one of only three in the U.S. offering radical acceleration to highly gifted girls ready to start college three or more years early.

Figures from the UK Insolvency Service show, for 2008, personal insolvencies in England and Wales rising to 67,428, an increase of 4.6% on the same period in 2007.

Are today's young women becoming ticking time-bombs for an osteoporotic generation? A closer look at the factors.

Who are the younger musical women of today who are carrying the torch lit by Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt?

Sunshine is a plentiful source of Vitamin D but a study of young women in California found insufficiency linked to weight gain and short stature.

An article written to advise young women of their risks of developing breast cancer, and steps to take to ensure their well-being and good health.

The role of a roman woman was always a supporting one. The training to prepare a girl for such a life began the moment she was born, if she were allowed to live at all.

Written in 1955, "Tongues of Stone" is one of Plath's more compelling works of short fiction. A young woman tries desperately to find meaning in an empty, sterile world.

Charles Dickens is known for his original characters, but there are several stock types of people who recur in several Dickens books.

Brudos was mentally ill and was victimized by his mother who dressed him as a girl. He developed schizophrenia and collected the shoes and body parts of his victims.

Although similar stories of today's Rapunzel first appeared in print in the 17th Century, the origin of Rapunzel may actually go back to the early days of Christianity.

Invoking the Marxist mystique of the proletarian vs. bourgeoisie struggle, Williams attempts to offer a sympathetic look at a young woman's plight.

"Rape Fantasies," a 1977 short story by Margaret Atwood, asks questions about the validity of sexual fantasies of this nature.

Mark Strand's poem, "The Prediction", is a solipsistic tapestry of images that lead the reader on a journey of self-discovery.

A tribute to young female celebrities who have used their battles with breast cancer and their fame to bring attention to the disease.

Latter-day Saint youth groan about mutual activities focused on money management - but here's a way to make an LDS budgeting mutual night fun.

To commemorate Henry Hudson's voyage from the Netherlands to New York the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is lending Johannes Vermeer's The Milkmaid to the Met Museum.

In Ethiopia, many women suffer shame and physical dysfunction following childbirth due to incontinence and the inability to remain part of their community.

Israeli poet, Agi Mishol, dramatizes the unspeakable act of a woman faking pregnancy to hide a bomb, then entering a bakery to explode herself into a supposed martyrdom.

The series of books presented here are guaranteed to excite young women. Plus they hold memories for generations of moms and grandmas.

Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, is a classic case of tension between human rights law and cultural relativism. Find out how American courts treat the issue.

Piercy's feminist poem mocks societal expectations that a girl should look and behave according to a stereotypical pattern.

New York Times writer Lily Koppel discovers a 75 year-old diary, leading to the story of a bygone era, a precocious young woman, a new friendship and new lives.

The roles of mother and wife are still the primary encouragement teen girls receive. It is important to reinforce their potential as professionals as well.

Is it possible that people exist who can drain others of energy? Parapsychological research has shown this is can happen.

It can often be difficult for young college graduates to dress professionally without feeling as if they are being forced into clothes designed with older women in mind.

Partners with a significant difference in their ages may worry about criticism from friends and family, or the impact of an age gap on their relationship.

Most mothers don't remember what their breasts looked like at 10 or 12 years old. Here's how to answer the questions daughters ask.

Birth control pills and patches may be popular and easy to use, but they have many associated health risks that you may not know about.

Although it is easy, now, to find great deals for Valentine's Day, at times the magic of a new relationship disappears. For those less fortunate, a cycle of abuse begins.

Doris Lessing's prolific and sometimes difficult work offers a unique window into the ways in which fiction may interact with and express the complexities of politics.

This article explores changes in sexual equality since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, founded by six young women at Monmouth College in 1870, plays an integral role in the organization of sororities today.

Teens now have a place to call for help with dating mistreatment and brutality.

As if getting an annual exam isn't stressful enough for young women, most don't know what to expect when the doctor feels a lump and recommends a mammogram.

Traditions, privilege and expectations in India from 200 BC.

Best known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark is a prolific, if under-appreciated, author.

Rita Dove, a former United States poet laureate (1993-95), offers two American or innovative sonnets that dramatize a glimpse into the life of a young woman.

Sexual abuse can often lead to eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia and binge eating in teen girls.

Stinging nettles work to heal, balance, and restore a woman's health during each stage of her life.

Pericarditis is a serious inflammation process that affects the heart. It can strike a surprising population: young women.