As a journalist , my perspective on aging is somewhat unusual , in that in 1974 , when I began writing my book , Senior ##s : Goodwill and Service: 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 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 .