Women and Aging - Celebrating Ourselves

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

A guide to help women break through the negative stereotypes of old age and find personal fulfilment through the stages of maturity. This book strongly encourages women to take - and remain in - control of their lives instead of passively letting others make life-changing decisions for them.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Cole, Ellen (Alaska-pacific University Cole, Cole Ellen, Esther D Rothblum, Esther D (San Diego State University Rothblum, Esther D. Rothblum, Ruth R Thone, Ruth Raymond Thone
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781560241515
• ISBN: 978-1-56024-151-5
• No. of pages: 166
• Weight: 430 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; SELF-HELP / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, Self-help & personal development, Gender studies: women, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Gender studies: women and girls