For over 50 years, Peg Cruikshank has challenged mainstream thinking about women-- in particular, about lesbians and women growing old.  Now retired from Women’s Studies at the University of Maine, Peg serves as an Associate at The Maine Center on Aging. She is the author of award-winning, groundbreaking books: Learning To Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging (2003/2013) and The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement (1992). Peg discusses misconceptions and stereotypes about women aging; she proposes we think creatively and constructively about ‘learning how to age.’ Peg also reflects on how experiencing a stroke 15 months ago is shaping her own realities of health and aging.

Contact Information:

pegcruikshank94@gmail.com

Books by Peg Cruikshank

Cruikshank, M. (2013). Learning To Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging, 3rd ed. Rowman & Littlefield.

Cruikshank, M. (Ed.) (2016). Fierce with Reality: Literature on Aging, Rev. Ed. Hamilton Books.

Cruikshank, M. (1992). The Gay and Lesbian Movement. Routledge.