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Elders and caregivers march holding signs.
Maggie Kuhn at Chicago Grey Panthers demonstration. (Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia, PA)

The Grey Panthers form.

1970s

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Maggie Kuhn at Chicago Grey Panthers demonstration. (Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center. Temple University Libraries. Philadelphia, PA)

Founded by Maggie Kuhn, the Grey Panthers organize against age discrimination in employment and neglect of elders' healthcare issues.

In 1986, they will successfully campaign to get Congress to ban mandatory retirement ages for most jobs.