As a journalist , my perspective on aging is somewhat unusual , in that in 1974 , when I began writing my book , Senior ##s : Growing Old Rebelliously ( 1974 ) , I believed I had somehow found my way to the cutting edge of a new frontier in the movement for social justice . Opposing ageism was a message I was sure everyone would see manifest in their morning newspapers . Until that period , few in the “ Movement ” had taken old age very seriously , especially as a serious issue of inequality .
As a journalist, my perspective on aging is somewhat unusual, in that in 1972, when I began writing my book, Senior Power: Growing Old Rebelliously (1974), I believed I’d somehow found my way to the cutting edge of a new frontier in the movement for social justice. Opposing ageism was a cause I was sure everyone would see manifest in their morning mirrors. Until that period, few in the “Movement” had taken old age very seriously, especially as a looming issue of inequality.