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Women come of age : perspectives on the lives of older women / edited by Miriam Bernard and Kathy Meade.

Title
  1. Women come of age : perspectives on the lives of older women / edited by Miriam Bernard and Kathy Meade.
Published by
  1. London : E. Arnold, 1993.

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Additional authors
  1. Bernard, Miriam
  2. Meade, Kathy
Description
  1. xiv, 230 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. Reviews the situation that women in Britain face as they reach old age by providing an exploration of issues such as health, relationships, housing, education and the role of the caring professions in relation to women's place in society.
Subject
  1. Older women > Great Britain > Social conditions
  2. Women [MESH]
  3. Aged [MESH]
  4. Aged, 80 and over
  5. Women Social conditions
  6. Great Britain
Contents
  1. Perspectives on the lives of older women / Miriam Benard and Kathy Meade -- Life experience / Joanna Bornat -- Work, poverty and older women / Dulcie Groves -- Health issues and the older woman / Moyra Sidell -- Intimacy and sexuality amongst older women / Dorothy Jerrome -- Caring: a legitimate interest of older women / Gillian Dalley -- The living environments of older women / Sheila Peace -- A third Age lifestyle for older women? / Miriam Bernard and Kathy Meade -- Women come of age / Miriam Bernard, Kathy Meade and Anthea Tinker.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 197-226. -Includes index.
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