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title: "Female, Elderly and Poor"
date: 2024-05-01T23:00:00-04:00
author: Missy Moyer
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/female-elderly-and-poor"
section: "Stories & Conversations"
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[Stories & Conversations](/stories-conversations)# Female, Elderly and Poor

This short Canadian documentary from 2014 features four older women who discuss their working lives, caring for partners, and their current experiences of living in poverty.

> They worked all their lives but something doesn’t jive.

[Watch the video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x97tq4G9AZY)

SOURCE: N/A • AUTHOR: Corinne Baumgarten • LAST UPDATED: May 7, 2014

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![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Topics

- [ growing older](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/growing-older)
- [ class, inequality & aging](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/class-inequality-aging)
- [aging](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/aging)
- [poverty](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/poverty)
- [economic inequalities](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/economic-inequalities)

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## Ageism and Heterosexism in African American LGBT Lives

This article tells the stories of LGBT African Americans, their very real problems around coming of age, and how those experiences shaped their lives as they grew older.

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This article tells the stories of LGBT African Americans, their very real problems around coming of age, and how those experiences shaped their lives as they grew older.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/ageism-and-heterosexism-in-african-american-lgbtqi-lives)

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## Ageism Ignores and Insults the Competence of Adults

This article by Margaret Morganroth Gullette addresses the harm caused by ageism and “age shaming,” especially as it relates to assumptions about competence.

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This article by Margaret Morganroth Gullette addresses the harm caused by ageism and “age shaming,” especially as it relates to assumptions about competence.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/ageism-ignores-and-insults-the-competence-of-adults)

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## Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study

Reports, presentations, fact sheets, and other resources from the University of Washington’s National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study.

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Reports, presentations, fact sheets, and other resources from the University of Washington’s National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/aging-with-pride-national-health-aging-and-sexuality-gender-study)