‘All ‘of'our LiVe's”: _ * ~ women and aging

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Karen S. McLenithan

e imagery of aging s to take up very little e at a University, where majority of the popula-

is just beginning to gnize the imagery of ly-found adulthood.

et, a ﬁlm was shown at university on Friday, ch 23, which so beauti:

illustrated the lives of rly women that it is ly _,;§ecommended for ing all mature stu- ts. ,

osetvfpf us students in, , our,.j.‘40’s can appreciate vitatlity presented in the ieIg-f‘ﬂAll of Our Lives”.

expose of the ngih‘rcourage, and wis-

of older women in ndaduring the 1980’s.

A discussion of the imagery alone gives reason enough to highly rate this National Film Board pro- duction.

The dreaminess of a young girl growing up at the turn of the century and her isolation from the active community is contrasted with the agility and freedom of today’s wee youth romping in the park.

Then we catch the youth- ful spirit of various stages of today’s youth, which seems to say, “I am confi-

dent and positive about my future!”

The images of these youthful faces are intermixed with a study of the faces of old women.

These older faces are some- times wistful, remembering past achievements or failures.

'At other times, the elderly faces are full of their history, every line representing vet another day’s evolution towards the human ideal of inner peace.

And the ﬁlm also captures the sheer energy of the elder woman, who can gather all her strength unto herself and share it in relationship with the viewer.

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These aged images are pre- sented to us as activists — politically aware, full of their love for life, and ready to explore the meaning and need for “Grey Power” in their lives.

For many of these women are living almost penniless. Their husbands’, or their own pensions have been withheld. They have joined together to learn how to demand their rights from the “system.”

One woman who worked from age 16 through 65 is now living on a pension of $150 per month. A diet of tea and toast gives little physical sustenance to her endeavours.

Some of the women have begun to share their lives together. Expenses are easier to handle this way; and they call each other’s companion- ship a real spiritual achieve- ment of solidarity.

One elderly woman, who likes reading aloud, walking in the park, and generally discovering the joys of life with her friend, commented that she would have married her if she had been a man.

The ﬁlm is great pro- paganda for viewing old age as a radical experience. The changes in these women’s lives began as responses to the inevitability of aging — loss of loved ones. loss of income, and no place in the job market.

However, we see them taking charge and making changes by internalizing the power to act in one’s own beneﬁt.

A great boost for us mature students who have hopes of using our University experience to establish our own particular lifestyle in an unknown future.

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Religion prof-arrives Friday

Professor Tom Sinclair-Faulkner of the Dept. of Religion at Dalhousie University will visit UPEI on Friday March 30, to review the~Dept. of Religious Studies there.

This work is part of a study of all religious studies depart- ments of Universities in Atlantic Canada being undertaken by Dr. Sinclair-Faulkner.

The Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion is conducting a national “State-of-the-Art” review of this ﬁeld, and is supported by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

During his visit Dr. Sinclair-Faulkner will meet with the Department, and with its individual members; also, with the dean of arts, and other interested persons or groups.

He is especially interested in hearing view of students who majored in religious studies, or who have taken courses in the discipline.

At 2:00 p.m. he will speak in the regular Faculty Seminar Series when his topic will be “Christianity in Canada: Root and Branch,” an historical survey of Christianity in Canada. The public is invited to attend this lecture which will be held in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building.

Dr. Sinclair-Faulkner is married to the former Pat Sinclair.

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