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
The worst indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.
Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
You can't be human alone.
Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
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.
People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.
My goal is to do something outrageous every day.
Old age is an excellent time for outrage.
Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
Learning and sex until rigor mortis.
The best age is the age you are.
The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.