1st Edition
Women and Aging Celebrating Ourselves
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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In our youth-oriented, patriarchal society, aging and older women often find themselves either ignored, pitied, or feared. Women and Aging is a valuable guide to help women break through the negative stereotypes of old age and find personal fulfillment through the stages of maturity. Full of warmth and support, Women and Aging strongly enables women to take and remain in control of their lives... Read more
Contents
I. Unmasking Our Own Truth as Aging Women
- “Just Fine, Thank You”
- Beware the Positivists!
- Aging Gracefully
- LOOKS
- Call It by Its Name
- Just Try Harder
- Women’s Work
- II. Anger, Hurt, Grief, and Change: Facing Ourselves
- Who Am I Going To Be When I Grow Up?
- Who Am I?
- Internalized Ageism
- The Grief of Aging
- Becoming Old
- Reflections on a Funeral
- Litany of a Death
- Where Does the Time Go?
- A January Tale
- Regret, Oh Damned Regret
- III. Honoring and Gathering Our Strength
- Interdependence: Support Groups
- Heroines: Role Models
- Being Response/able
- Overall Wellness
- To Risk or Not To Risk
- Tools
- Our Forgiveness Journey
- Before the Casket Closes
- Celebration
- Bibliography
- Reading List
- Index
Biography
Ruth Raymond Thone is a writer, teacher, community activist, and speaker. She has been active in progressive politics for many years. Currently, she studies Spanish, records her drcams, travels to see her three grown daughters, and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband Charles. She works at a House of Hospitality and a Soup Kitchen, is active in Common Cause, drug and alcohol abuse recovery, anti-war and peace groups, feminist causes, and leads groups in Values Clarification and Realization, Appearance and Aging Issues for Women, and Writing. She is a member of and active in several social justice organizations.
