Overview

In the last half-century, people over sixty-five have become labelled as seniors and set apart from the rest of society. Aging has become defined-for the first time in human history-as a problem. In this incisive, personal account, Doris Marshall argues against isolation and passivity in the face of aging. During her years growing up on a prairie farm, raising her own family, and working as an organizer in church and community programs for old people, Marshall experienced a steadily growing sense of unease about the way Canadian society treats old people. In Silver Threads, she argues against giving in to the notion that old people are passive victims who just need to be helped.

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[Marshall's book is a heartfelt rallying cry for the aging to seize control of their destinies, to create more choices for themselves, to hold onto or create their own destinies. -- The Globe and Mail

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An activist and grandmother, Doris Marshall died in 2003. She was 92.

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