Where are all the depressed famous women at?
Hopefully you’re looking for famous women that overcame depression as opposed to those who succumbed to it (e.g. Sylvia Plath… while I love her poetry, she nevertheless committed suicide by sticking her head in the oven while her children slept… not a great role model). Carrie Fisher and Mariette Hartley are two (relatively) famous women that speak often about their experiences with mental illness and are active advocates against stigma. Jane Pauley and Brooke Shields have recently written books. And I believe Linda Carter has also started talking about her own experiences (tied mostly to alcoholism, I think). Although I don’t know if these women have all had clinical depression per se, all have struggled with mental illness of some sort, which usually means they’ve dealt with depression at a minimum. I would contact the National Mental Health Association (www.nmha.org) and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (www.nami.org). I bet they already have materials for this kind of
