Ashton Applewhite

New York, USA

Ashton Applewhite

Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism and creator of the Old School anti-ageism clearinghouse. Ashton Applewhite is America’s most visible activist against ageism — she is funny, fierce, and absolutely essential.

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