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The Invisibles

Images and stories in the media about older women affect the ideas about aging

A grandma and her grandchild watching “Nowruz” ceremony. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Who hasn’t heard the stereotypes about women of a “certain age?”

Despite almost a half-century of change and growth for women spurred by the second wave of the women’s movement, the tarnished image of older people…