The Age Of Dignity: Caring for a Changing America

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One of Newsweek's 150 Fearless Women,' the activist who spearheaded New York's successful Bill of Rights for Domestic Workers shows how we can better care for our growing elderly population and provide millions of good jobs at the same time.'

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Thoughtful, moving, and relatable.
Library Journal

"Ai-jen Poos first book shines a new light on the need for a holistic approach to caregiving in America. A timely and hopeful book, The Age of Dignity holds solutions that lift all boatsstrengthening our families, the workforce that supports us, and the nation as a whole."
Maria Shriver

"Ai-jen Poo knows how to create social change from the bottom upshowing the humanity of a long devalued kind of work. This goes beyond organizing to transforming."
Gloria Steinem in Time

Publishers Weekly calls the book "a strong argument for a cultural and governmental shift toward valuing older citizens and providing them with opportunities for rich, full lives."

" An urgent and irresistible book."
Gloria Steinem

" Dont miss this book."
Van Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Rebuild the Dream

"A powerful call for a Care Revolution in America."
Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues

"Ai-jen Poo is among our most compelling social movement leaders."
Ambassador Swanee Hunt, chair of Hunt Alternatives and Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government

"A bold and inspiring vision for the future."
Jim Firman, president and CEO, National Council on Aging

Author Bio

Ai-jen Poo is the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and a co-director of the Caring Across Generations Campaign. In 2000, she co-founded Domestic Workers United. She lives in New York City.