LETTERS: Years ahead
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Your support makes all the difference.HOW MANY women aged over 60 does Justine Picardie know if she thinks it extraordinary that Elizabeth Sigmund is intelligent, respected in her field and a vigorous campaigner ("The toxic avenger", Review, 1 October)? Clearly she believes that all women of that age who are grey- haired and well spoken and take tea from bone china cups should be members of the Women's Institute and the Conservative Women's Club. I know of no woman who fits that description: my mother and her friends would be deeply offended if given write-ups of this sort.
What does Ms Picardie propose to do with her brains and opinions when she reaches the age of 60?
Julia Ridout
London SW20
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