Looking Back… Looking Forward: Addressing the Lives of Lesbians 55 and Older

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 59-76

  Jones, Teresa C ^a   Nystrom, Nancy M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging concerns; Old lesbians; Support; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036981987     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v14n03_05     Document Type: Article

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