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Stress is a term commonly used to describe the symptoms produced by the body in response to increased tension. Every other person experiences stress in some situation/time or the other. In present scenario with more women opting to go out of home to work out are more vulnerable to this problem called stress. Though it is said that a certain level of stress is required to improve results or productivity of a person but stress beyond a certain level becomes distress and requires a remedy. In recent years it is seen that women are being educated and are opting for jobs and professions which are demanding. Women, though become independent, but due to their status in the society and traditional norms are burdened to not only do the job but also look after the other members in the family, attend social obligations like marriages, child birth, death, etc. giving them no or very less time for their own self. They not only experience physical stress but also mental stress. The paper of the researcher endeavours to find the various reasons for stress, the methods adopted by working women to cope up with stress and accordingly make suggestions to help them reduce their level of stress to the minimum possible. For undertaking the study researcher chose sample of women working in Bhusawal Taluka. Such working women were teachers in schools and colleges, nursing staff of private hospitals, and nationalized and private banks.