Maggie Kuhn
Maggie Kuhn
Maggie Kuhnwas an American activist known for founding the Gray Panthers movement, after she was forced to retire from her job at the then-mandatory retirement age of 65. The Gray Panthers became known for advocating nursing home reform and fighting ageism, claiming that "old people and women constitute America's biggest untapped and undervalued human energy source." She dedicated her life to fighting for human rights, social and economic justice, global peace, integration, and an understanding of mental health issues. For...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth3 August 1905
CountryUnited States of America
Maggie Kuhn quotes about
A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope.
Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.
You can't be human alone.
Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.
Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.