Retiring But Not Shy by Ellen Cole

Retiring But Not Shy by Ellen Cole

Retiring But Not Shy: Feminist Psychologists Create their Post-Careers is composed of the stories of 23 women who address this time of life we call retirement. Each woman has been highly successful in her career as a psychologist, and each has taken seriously her commitment to feminism. Yet the authors are diverse in other ways, with differences in age, career specialties, ethnicity, ableness, sexual orientation, and partner status. The chapters are engaging, personal, lively, and, above all, a helpful guide to any professional woman who is considering what the future holds for her in her post-career. Issues of health, emotional well-being, housing issues, balancing career and post-career tensions, partner negotiations, financial decisions, endings and beginnings, are all touched upon. These accounts of resilience and creativity are written from the heart but also provide practical resources for readers. The introduction by Michelle Fine begins by describing it as a textual pajama party of essays by the very women who pioneered feminist psychology. The forewords by editors Ellen Cole and Mary Gergen invite us all to join in.

Dr. Gergen is an Emerita Professor at Penn State Brandywine in the Philadelphia area. She has taught courses in a variety of psychology subfields as well as Women's Studies. Her main scholarly interests have been feminism and social constructionist philosophy. She is currently employed with the Taos Institute, a non-profit educational organization. She also gives Ph.D. advice.

students pursuing careers in applied social science subjects Her work has carried her all around the world, most recently to Nanjing, China. Kenneth J. Cooper is one of the most recent contributors. Ellen Cole and Gergen.

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ISBN 13	9780984865666
ISBN 10	0984865667
Title	Retiring But Not Shy
Author	Ellen Cole
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taos Institute Publications
Year published	2012-07-01
Number of pages	410
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