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Women Talk Money
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- 2/4/02 -- Maureen Murdock's Monday Morning Writing Group, Santa Monica, CA
- 4/27 - Summerland, CA -- Kickoff party for IT'S ONLY MONEY at the French Bulldog Coffeehouse
- 5/8 - Joslyn Senior Center, Palm Desert, CA
- 5/16 - Round Table West, Newport Beach , CA
- 9/23 El Paso 6 p.m. - Barnes & Noble, Sunland Park Drive, 6 p.m.
- 9/24 Ruidoso, NM - Books, etc.
- 9/25 ABQ 7 p.m.- BOOKWORKS to benefit UNM Women's Resource Center Scholarship Fund for Single Mothers -- a successful event for a very worthy cause. Thanks to Lindsay Lancaster, Summer Little, and Clara Farah for their efforts.
- 9/28 Santa Barbara Book Festival 10 - 5 p.m.
- 10/8 Tucson 6 p.m. - Borders Park Place A Sellout!
- 10/19 Austin, TX 7 p.m. - B&N, Sunset Valley
- 10/28 Baltimore 6 p.m. - Towson Borders
- 10/29 Philadelphia 7 p.m. - B&N, Rittenhouse Square
- 10/20/04 Westlake Village CA -- Brownie Troop -- "A Brief Lesson in Money"
- 1/14/05 -- Los Angeles -- Mothers and Daughters Breaking the Cycle Investment Club
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- 8/17/02 - WJBC Morning Show w/ Beth Whisman, Bloomington, IL
- 8/28 - Business Morning Show w/ Jack Lott and Tony Marino, Florida
- 9/10 - WLNK-FM, Matt & Ramona Show, Charlotte, NC
- 9/26 - 10 p.m. PT - Food and Wine Radio Network with Jennifer English, Tucson, AZ
- 9/30 - KADZ Morning Drive Show w/ Louisa Drouet, Little Rock, AR
- 10/22/02- 8 p.m. ET - Real Money with Deborah Owens, WEAA 88.9 FM, Baltimore
- 4/27/03 - It's Your Money with Bill Groody, San Francisco
- 5/25/04 - The Boomer Brothers Show (these guys are great!) 3-4 p.m. Arizona time, NBC 1190 AM
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- Sunday, 8/4/02 Sacramento Bee, Business Section - "Women who fear managing money: Psychologist's book may serve as a readiness manual" by Cathleen Ferraro, page D1
- 9/20/02- "Mind Over (Financial) Matters" by Allison Acken, MakingBreadmagazine.com
- Sunday, 9/22/02 El Paso Times, Living Section, "New book serves as financial primer for today's women" by Ramon Renteria
- 9/25/02 Albuquerque Journal Book Feature
- Nov/Dec 2002 Makingbreadmagazine.com - Sidebar: "Been There, Done That: Advice from a Real Expert" by Allison Acken in "The Single Mom's Finance Survival Guide" by Elizabeth Lewin
- 11/24/02 - terrra.com - "Adelante mujeres! Superando los obstaculos financieros" - from EFE News Service article by Olivia P. Tallet
- Jan/Feb 2003 Makingbread magazine.com - "Divorce-Proof Your Marriage!: For Better or For Worse, Here's The Conversation Every Woman Needs to Have Before Saying, "I do." by Allison Acken
- March 15 - Better Homes and Gardens (BHG.com) - Interviewed for feature article by Karin Price Mueller
- March/April Makingbreadmagazine.com - Interviewed for BIZ WHIZ feature by Gail Harlow, Editor
- May/June Making Bread magazine "If you must be broke, be flambouyantly broke." --Interview of Carolyn See
- July/August Making Bread, "What a Doll!" Interview of Cheryl Broussard
- September Female Entrepreneur magazine - "Shame, shame go away."
- September/Oct Making Bread -- "Rent-free at Last"
- Jan/Feb 2004 Making Bread magazine, "Color this artist successful." Interview with the elegant and eloquent Phoebe Beasley
- March/April Making Bread, "The Object of Desire." Review of financial institutions pursuing women including Women's Financial Network at Siebert, Women and Co., and Oppenheimer.
- May/June Making Bread, "Molly Makes Money: A Financial Makeover at 56"
- July/August Making Bread, "What It Was Was Interest" (with homage to Andy Griffith)
- September, YM, interviewed for "Staying Out of the Red" section of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Freshman Year (but were afraid to ask)" by Paisley Strellis
- September, Smart Woman magazine, Interactive Q & A: "Favorite Survival Tips"
- September/October Making Bread, "Helping Others Find Their Life's Work Is All in a Day's Work for Her," Biz Whiz interview of Deborah Gallant
- September/October Making Bread, "These Girls Just Wanna Have Funds: In Women's Investment Clubs Around the Country, Women Are Having Fun While Earining -- and Learning About -- Money"
- November/December 04 Making Bread, "Are Women the More Generous Sex? Five Inspiring Women Show the Way to Incorporate Giving into Your Daily Living"
- January/February 05 Making Bread magazine, "Meet the Invent-hers: These Women Are Creating Products That Make Our Lives Easier"
- Jan./Feb. 05 Making Bread, "More Powerful Than a Kung Fu Master: Selling Financial Protection Can Be a Very Rewarding Profession"
- March/April Making Bread, "What's Your 'Double Latte' Factor? David Bach's Back with a Message for Savings Procrastinators: The Day to Start is Today!"
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Reviews of IT'S ONLY MONEY: A PRIMER FOR WOMEN
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- "Practical, entertaining, painless" - Marylin Hudson, Round Table West Newsletter, 5/02
- "..refreshing to read a book pertaining to money that takes a psychological approach, devoid of confusing terminology and financial jargon." - Norm Goldman, BookReview.com, 8/21/02
- Reviewer's Choice: "..very practical, 'reader friendly' introduction to basic money matters. ..an absolute 'must-read' for any woman who isn't already expertly handling her own finances." - Midwest Book Review, August 2002
- "...clear instruction and sound advice in Acken's inspirational primer about managing the green stuff. ...well-researched, dollar-sign cheer." - The Boox Review, 9/12/02
- "I'm here to tell you that even if you know what to do with a quarter, you'll probably learn something from this book you didn't already know. Not only that; this is fun reading." Carolyn Howard-Johnson, blether.com (The book review site), 11/13/02
- "Reader's CHOICE" -- Smart Woman Magazine, December 2002
- "No matter who you are -- a single mother, divorced, widowed, married --... Allison Acken will guide you into the right path." Bookreviewcafe.com 12/26/02
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Allison Acken, now a psychologist and speaker based in Los Angeles, was raised in a record store in Baltimore, MD. If you had told her 10 years ago that she would write a book about women and money, she would have laughed out loud.
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Nora Ephron, Tyne Daly, Joan Fontaine, Trisha Yearwood, Julia Child, Ruby Dee and Other Celebrities Offer Financial Advice to Women
-- What Issue Comes Up Again and Again?
Los Angeles, CA (October 2, 2002)— If you asked an actress, an heiress and businesswoman, and a best-selling author for advice about money, what would you expect them to say?
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7/17/02 - Five Frightful Facts about Women and Money... And What To Do About Them
In today's world of highly visible, money-savvy women, the average woman earns 73 cents to the man's dollar, has little or no pension benefits, will outlive her husband by 15 years, and has an unhealthy probability of being one of the elderly poor.
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