No stopping us now : the adventures of older women in America history
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316286541, 0316286540
Physical Desc
vii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Elysian Area Library - Adult Nonfiction
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305.262 Collins
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Le Sueur Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.262 Collins
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305.262 Collins
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780316286541, 0316286540
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-403) and index.
Description
"You're not getting older, you're getting better," or so promised the famous 1970's ad--for women's hair dye. Americans have always had a complicated relationship with aging: embrace it, deny it, defer it--and women have been on the front lines of the battle, willingly or not. In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins illustrates the ways in which age is an arbitrary concept that has swung back and forth over the centuries. From Plymouth Rock (when a woman was considered marriageable if "civil and under fifty years of age"), to a few generations later, when they were quietly retired to elderdom once they had passed the optimum age for reproduction, to recent decades when freedom from striving in the workplace and caretaking at home is often celebrated, to the first female nominee for president, American attitudes towards age have been a moving target. Gail Collins gives women reason to expect the best of their golden years.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Collins, G. (2019). No stopping us now: the adventures of older women in America history (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Collins, Gail. 2019. No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in America History. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Collins, Gail. No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in America History Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Collins, Gail. No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in America History First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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