Includes bibliographical references and index.

Change or transition? -- A simple framework -- Our reactions -- Is transition gendered? -- A process overview -- Our first steps -- Reaching forward -- Barriers to transition -- Getting started -- Your journey.

Women and Transition is unique in that it offers a provocative new data driven perspective on the complex issue of women's transition at various points in their lives. Transitions can be triggered by a myriad of events, many related to the broad and celebrated roles women play in society. Common transition triggers include: career choices; changes in relationships; parenting; prolonged periods of non-employment; divorce; retirement; changes in health status; elder care responsibilities; unexpected job loss; empty nests; and countless other life events. In fact, over ninety percent of women recently polled stated that they 'expect to transition again within the next five years.' Yet, women believe that this is a personal problem, one that they alone encounter and endure. "Everybody thinks of it as a personal problem and that they have to solve that problem (alone)," said Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute and guest of Diane Rehm's NPR show, "The Ongoing Struggle To Balance Career And Family." It is at this very juncture that Women and Transition will play a pivotal role. While using Rossetti's own voice to tell the story of her personal experience with transition, her experience is augmented by a series of vignettes taken from the voices of hundreds of other women who have shared their transition experiences.

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