title: Historical, economic, and political contexts of aging in African America.
abstract: This article is an attempt to present some of the historical and political contexts of older women in general and to communicate pieces of the lives of African American older women, in particular. It presents some of the present day distortions as well as a sense of the historical, economic, and political realities of older African American lives, while trying to limit the use of the usual comparison approach to this topic.
authors.affiliation: Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA.
authors.forename: Frances K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Trotman
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States; D014930:Women / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D014931:Women, Working / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology