Retiring But Not Shy: Feminist Psychologists Create Their Post-Careers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984865667 ISBN 13: 9780984865666

Publisher: The Taos Institute Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Retiring But Not Shy: Feminist Psychologists Create their Post-Careers is composed of the stories of 23 women who address this time of life we call "retirement." Each woman has been highly successful in her career as a psychologist, and each has taken seriously her commitment to feminism. Yet the authors are diverse in other ways, with differences in age, career specialties, ethnicity, ableness, sexual orientation, and partner status. The chapters are engaging, personal, lively, and, above all, a helpful guide to any professional woman who is considering what the future holds for her in her "post-career." Issues of health, emotional well-being, housing issues, balancing career and post-career tensions, partner negotiations, financial decisions, endings and beginnings, are all touched upon. These accounts of resilience and creativity are written from the heart but also provide practical resources for readers. The introduction by Michelle Fine begins by describing it as "a textual pajama party of essays by the very women who pioneered feminist psychology." The forewords by editors Ellen Cole and Mary Gergen invite us all to join in.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Gergen is Professor Emerita at Penn State University, Brandywine, in the Philadelphia area. She has taught courses in many subfields in psychology and in Women's Studies. Her major academic focus has been on social constructionist theory and feminism. Currently she is an officer in the Taos Institute, a non-profit educational organization. She also advises Ph.D. students in applied social science fields. Her work has taken her to many countries around the glove, most recently Nanjing, China. Recent collaborators include Kenneth J. Gergen and Ellen Cole.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Taos Institute Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0984865667
• ISBN 13: 9780984865666
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410
• Editor: Cole Ellen, Gergen Mary