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Silver Threads: Critical Reflections on Growing Old: 1 - Softcover

Marshall, Doris

 
9780919946811: Silver Threads: Critical Reflections on Growing Old: 1
Softcover
ISBN 10: 091994681X ISBN 13: 9780919946811
Publisher: Between the Lines(CA), 1987

Synopsis

In the last half-century, people over sixty-five have become labelled as "seniors" and set apart from the rest of society. Aging has become defined-for the first time in human history-as a problem.
In this incisive, personal account, Doris Marshall argues against isolation and passivity in the face of aging. During her years growing up on a prairie farm, raising her own family, and working as an organizer in church and community programs for old people, Marshall experienced a steadily growing sense of unease about the way Canadian society treats old people. In "Silver Threads," she argues against giving in to the notion that old people are passive victims who just need to be helped.

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About the Author

An activist and grandmother, Doris Marshall died in 2003. She was 92.

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Publisher
Between the Lines(CA)
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
091994681X
ISBN 13 
9780919946811
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144