Women and aging : celebrating ourselves / Ruth Raymond Thone.

  • Thone, Ruth Raymond
Date:
[1992]
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About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Harrington Park Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc., [1992]

Physical description

xii, 152 pages ; 22 cm.

Related material

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index.

Contents

"Just fine, thank you" -- Beware the positivists! -- Aging gracefully -- Looks -- Call it by its name -- Just try harder -- Women's work -- 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 -- 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.

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.
Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Bc

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ISBN

  • 1560230053
  • 9781560230052