ISBN: 9780975874424

Gloria Steinem became a spokesperson for issues about aging quite accidentally after declaring to a reporter on the occasion of her fortieth birthday, "This is what forty looks like. We'v… Mehr…

Gloria Steinem became a spokesperson for issues about aging quite accidentally after declaring to a reporter on the occasion of her fortieth birthday, "This is what forty looks like. We've been lying for so long, who would know?" Because of this casual comment about her age and about the collective societal pressure to lie about our age she received an avalanche of thanks and support from other women facing age discrimination. This caused her to realize the far reaching dimensions of age oppression.In her inspiring essay, Doing Sixty, Steinem shares her views on age stereotyping, the unexpected liberation that comes with growing older, and defines what she perceives as the fact that women become more radical as they age. The essay also sheds light on the forces that shaped her life and for readers who have only heard bits and pieces about her the essay offers a primer on her bold and logical theories.In the essay, Steinem describes turning fifty as "leaving a much-loved and familiar country" and turning sixty "as arriving at the border of a new one" in which she looked forward to "trading moderation for excess, defiance for openness, and planning for the unknown."In the Preface, Doing Seventy, written when Steinem is just past seventy and twelve years after the essay was first published, Steinem explains the development of her precious sense of mortality and time.Elders Academy Press is proud to have published Ms. Steinem's enlightening and thought-provoking essay'thus allowing it to appear for the first time as an independent volume. Media ><

2007, ISBN: 9780975874424

Hardcover, Used, good, A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limite… Mehr…

Hardcover, Used, good, A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: Elders Academy Press]<

2006, ISBN: 9780975874424

Elders Academy Pr, Gebundene Ausgabe, 72 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-10-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.6 kg, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, … Mehr…

Elders Academy Pr, Gebundene Ausgabe, 72 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-10-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.6 kg, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Elders Academy Pr, 2006<