Aging Womanhood
Helen R. Wheeler
(Consultant on women's issues as they pertain to curriculum development, media, professional and staff development training, research support, and services related to affirmative management of education and employment)
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Abstract
When I was young, new students addressed me as “Miss Wheeler”; when I became middle‐aged, “Mrs. Wheeler,” while all around me they called men of all ages “Dr.” and “Professor.” When I was middle‐aged, I involved myself in a civil rights action; the administrator in charge of my department was referred to as “that nice young man,” and I sometimes as “the old bat” — there was a year's difference in our ages. By way of introduction to the topic of aging and females, here are four concepts to consider:
Citation
Wheeler, H.R. (1990), "Aging Womanhood", Collection Building, Vol. 10 No. 3/4, pp. 27-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023279
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1990, MCB UP Limited