Summary: When Maggie Kuhn was forced to retire from the job she loved at age 65, her colleagues gave her a sewing machine as a parting gift. Outraged, she shut the sewing machine in a closet and, instead, stitched together the first-ever movement against ageism in the U.S. The Gray Panthers would galvanize gray haired citizenry and youth alike to challenge the way Americans think about aging. Guests: Katherine Ott, curator and historian in the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History <a href="https://www.emilykrichbaum.com/" target="_blank">Emily Krichbaum</a>, founding director for the Center for Girls' and Young Women's Leadership at Columbus School for Girls and scholar of women’s history <a href="https://nsclcarchives.org/index.php/about/staff/paul-nathanson-executive-director/" target="_blank">Paul Nathanson</a>, founder and former executive director of Justice in Aging (formerly the National Senior Citizens Law Center), a national advocacy group for the elderly poor <a href="https://www.graypanthersnyc.org/jack-kupferman" target="_blank">Jack Kupferman</a>, president of Gray Panthers NYC
