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Older women of color — a feminist exploration of the intersections of personal, familial and community life
Author(s)	Kate Conway-Turner
Journal title	Journal of Women & Aging, vol 11, numbers 2/3, 1999
Pages	pp 115-130
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Older women ; Ethnic groups ; Family relationships ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Participation ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Women's movement ; United States of America.
Annotation	This paper examines the lives of older American women of colour who represent the racial and ethnic heritages, and have a history of unequal access to sources of economic and political power in the US. These women exemplify women with vastly different cultural traditions, but are similar in that they face discrimination as women of colour. The combined impact of gender, age and racial and ethnic background is neglected in discussions of older women. This paper contributes to our understanding of older women of colour by examining the personal, familial and community aspects of their lives. This exploration challenges feminist gerontologists to bring the discussion of this intersection to the fore as we seek to comprehend the reality of older women's lives. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991109208 A
Classmark	BD: TK: DS:SJ: RH: TMB: F: SH:TM8: 7T
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