Bridging Critical Feminist Gerontology and Social Work to Interrogate the Narrative on Civic Engagement

Abstract

It is important to bridge the work of feminist scholars who toil in their respective fields and are not always directly connected to one another because they publish in a plethora of different outlets. Beginning with a brief background on the emergence of critical gerontology, the work of feminist activists is briefly reviewed and the scholarship of feminist gerontologists in social work is highlighted. Using the current narrative on civic engagement as an exemplar of how the discourse changes when feminist gerontologists raise questions about unintended consequences, the article ends with implications for social work educators and practitioners.