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Author
Publisher
Green Writers Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
187 pages, [13] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Twenty-five years ago, Madeleine Kunin became the first woman to be elected governor of Vermont. This is her personal story...In her newest book, the topic is aging, but she looks well beyond the physical tolls and explores the emotional ones as well" --
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Physician and ... author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is a ... look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease, a...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"As women grow older, they contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter,...
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