Money and the Mature Woman: How to Hold on to Your Income, Keep Your Home, Plan Your Estate

by Frances Leonard

Book Overview

Money and the Mature Woman is the book that every mid-life and older woman, whether single, married, or widowed, should have to guide her through the money maze. Here under one cover is what you need to know about the money issues that concern you -- including investment and finance, pensions, and social security, wills and estate planning, health insurance and housing issues, and scams that especially target you--all presented in a straightforward,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201608979
• ISBN13: 9780201608977
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Money And Tlhe Mature Woman

A must read for any woman! I still return to my 1993 addition of this book for straight-forward informaion on how a woman can handle her own finances. The format is easy to read, with titles, bold print summaries, and questions. Ms. Leonard, whom I've never met, feels like a friend!

No-nonsense, useful advice for women in or near retirement

Of the slew of personal finance books for women the past few years, this is the only one that sounds like it was written by a woman who didn't already have a fat, profitable investment portfolio, her dream house, and Prince Charming as her mate. Nearly all of the other books were written by people promoting their financial consulting businesses (until they got too rich to bother with that, like Suze Orman, although she's good, too). Leonard is a lawyer, and the legal counsel for the Older Women's League (OWL), a terrific organization. Leonard writes in a down-to-earth, no-nonsense, but friendly voice, and gives specific, useful guidance about things most of would never know even to investigate -- much of it about Social Security benefits for widows and divorced women. If you're either of those, worried about becoming one, or just want to be proactive about protecting your own future and security, this book mandatory reading.It was reissued the year after it came out, but is apparently out of print now. It deserves to be updated and republished.