Lives of our own : secrets of salty old women / Caroline Bird.
Lives of our own : secrets of salty old women / Caroline Bird.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Date
1995.
Call Numbers
N305.4/73
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 338 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Second Half, Second Chance -- 1. More of Your Years Are Ahead -- 2. What Really Happens When You Grow Old -- 3. The Salty Old Women Around Us -- 4. Custom-Made Roles -- 5. Pathways to New Lives -- 6. Second Thoughts -- 7. Invisible in Everyday Life -- 8. Invisible in the Workplace -- 9. Invisible in...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
The women in this book are the pioneers, the success stories. For them, it often wasn't easy. To get where they are, they have had to be both inventive and persistent. In the second half of Bird's book, she documents the many, frequently subtle types of discrimination against older women....
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Lives of our own : secrets of salty old women / Caroline Bird.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-321) and index.
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N305.4/73
Record Identifier
74VMBLXAXyPy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBLXAXyPy
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ISBN
0395652340
9780395652343
DDC
305.4
MMS ID
991002398929702626
