Diversity in Retirement

life stories of men and women

The life stories of men and women on these pages explore

the subject of retirement from diverse perspectives:

        . expectations or experience of retirement

       . views on voluntary and mandatory retirement 

        . alternative work-lives ...retirement possibilities

   . on being single

. women growing older    

                           Photos by Sue McPherson unless otherwise noted.

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   This site was created 20 June 2004. last updated 1 June 2008

          The life stories on the pages of this web site may be used for personal research.

                      Please contact Sue McPherson for permission before using.

The interviews and the write-up of the life stories are done at no cost to the participants. The website relies on donations for it to be maintained and for future additional life stories to be placed on it.

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life stories added 21 March 2006

Articles by Sue McPherson   

2005  Exploring People's Lives   (short - 1000 words)

2005  Beyond Workaday Worlds: Aging (Ageing),

         Identity,and the Life Cycle  5000 words.      

2005  Ageing, Identity, and the Dilemma of Mandatory Retirement:

         Three Men, Three Stories     3300 words, plus images.     

2005  Aging (Ageing) and Retirement: life stories on the internet     2500 words

2004  Narratives and Wisdom: the lives of women growing older  6300 words. 

2003  Menopause and Aging Femininity  6000 words, plus photos.        

“Sue McPherson told my story in a very insightful manner, hitting the high points expertly and keeping the minutiae in comfortable bounds. . . I felt she had done a much better job in summarizing my professional life than I could have done myself” –  Ron Bodkin, Ottawa, Ontario. January, 2008.

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