Images of age

Interviews Betty Friedan, 72, who changed the way we think about women with 'The Feminine Mystique' and is now changing the way we think about growing older. Her new book 'The Fountain of Age'; The vision of old people falling apart; The lack of public images of how older people define themselves; How the media deal with age; How Friedan defines herself now; More. INSET: From the book...(excerpt of 'The Fountain of Age,' by B. Friedan).
By PT Staff, published on November 01, 1993

Adapted from The Fountain of Age (Simon & Schuster; 1993 by Betty Friedan. Copyright 1993 by Betty Friedan. Reprinted with permission.

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