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Journal of Women & Aging Volume 20, 2008 - Issue 1-2
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“When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple”: Red Hatters Cope with Getting Old

M. Elise Radina PhD and CFLE Department of Family Studies and Social Work, Miami University
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Annette Lynch PhD Department of Design, Textiles, Gerontology, & Family Studies, University of Northern Iowa, 243 Latham Hall, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614 E-mail: [email protected]
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Marybeth C. Stalp PhD Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, University of Northern Iowa, 361 Baker Hall, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614 E-mail: [email protected]
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Lydia K. Manning MGS Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, 396 Upham Hall, Oxford, OH, 45056 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 99-114 | Received 12 Mar 2007, Accepted 25 Jun 2007, Published online: 21 Oct 2008

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