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Direct linkNarushima, Miya – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2004
This article explores a particular expression of social activism by older Canadian women to consider its implications for later life learning. 'Older women', despite their heterogeneity, have tended to be pathologized as a part of the 'problem' of ageing and languishing welfare societies--i.e. stereotyped as passive recipients of welfare and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Activism, Older Adults, Adult Development
