Regardless of Our Own Success, Nearly Half of American Women
Fear Becoming Bag LadiesS   In a poll by Allianz Life Insurance
Company of North America, 49% of the women surveyed said that
they feared becoming a bag ladies, which, if you didn't already
know, is a homeless woman who can fit all of her belongings into
shopping bags that she then has to cart around all day. The fear
was most present in women who were single, divorced or who had
lost their spouses, but many married women expressed similar
fears. The worry was also not entirely dependent on income, with
27% of women who earn more than $200,000 a year responding that
they, too, are scared of ending up as bag ladies. Well, at least
their bags will be very expensive purses.  The survey polled
over 2,200 women between the ages 25 and 75 who had a minimum
household income of $30,000 a year. They also found that 60%
women consider themselves to be the household breadwinner and
54% of women say that the handle their household finances.
Despite the extreme