Doing Sixty and Seventy

Doing Sixty and Seventy

Doing Sixty and Seventy By Gloria Steinem 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.

Country	USA
Author	Gloria Steinem
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Elders Academy Press
EAN	9780975874424
Edition	1st
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	097587442X
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Elders Academy Press
Manufacturer	Elders Academy Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	72
PublicationDate	2006-09-01
Publisher	Elders Academy Press
Studio	Elders Academy Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Doing Sixty and Seventy

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