![]() ![]() ![]() When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple ”. So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised “But maybe I ought to practice a little now? The poem reflects the fantasy of a middle-aged woman about being a different person in old age, casting off the messages of her upbringing: “not to be ‘someone smelly, a slut, making sure not to be too noticeable, a show-off, and above all, not silly ”. It is also the title of an anthology: a collection of 60 poems, reflections and stories about being old and pictures of women as they age, that was published in 1987*. “ “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple ” is the first line of the poem Warning by Jenny Joseph, a poet and writer from Gloucestershire, England. Just like in the poem of Jenny Joseph, Laura Christ, proud member of the Older Women’s Network Netherlands (OVN-NL) and OWN Europe, reflects the fantasy of being a different person in old age – or shall we say a woman in old age – building up on her work for mainstreaming gender in gerontology, research and policy. ![]()
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