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LADY in the red dress
a personal story of a woman with heart disease
Written by Lois Trader with Robert W. Cole
Afterword by Dr. Warren D. Johnston, MD. FACC. FACP
Published by Writer’s Edge Press Inc.About Lois TRADER
A two-time survivor of life-threatening disease, and a woman who has lived through bankruptcy—not only financially but physically, psychologically, and spiritually—I know what it is to be bankrupt in every way. I have risen above these circumstances; my passion now is to give other women the courage to do the same.
I have been a physically fit, successful, positive, driven young woman. I have been a speaker on women’s issues for the past 20 years. The willingness to show who I am has allowed me the opportunity to speak to women all over the United States, to meet with Muhammad Ali, the Prime Minister of Israel, President Reagan, and prominent ministers and civic leaders.
is a personal journey of being diagnosed with heart disease as a young woman—and learning to live with it. I offer practical steps to guide the reader to become healthier physically, psychologically, and spiritually. I examine the reasons why heart disease is the number-one killer of American women. Unfortunately, it is more than just a matter of plaque in our arteries. Since 1908 the leading cause of death among American women has been heart disease. Since 1985 more women than men have died from heart disease. Two decades! Are we too busy, after fighting for justice in the workplace, to care for our hearts? Are we too exhausted to fight for our equality within the medical community? Women’s lib certainly has come a long way, but since its advent we have been dying at a higher rate than men from heart disease.