Upset with the adversarial dialogues of President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, she said they were behaving like little boys playing one-upmanship and that they should be fired. Her comments electrified the summit's audience. Gorbachev sent a public message of appreciation for her, addressing it to the assemblage of Americans and Soviets, and the women of Moscow dubbed her the Grandmother of the World. Ross, as a member of the Non-Governmental Organization for Aging at the United Nations, recently addressed that group on the subject of aging. The aging of the world's population can be compared to the Industrial Revolution.
Older people are the hidden resources of the world.
Those who know her are awed by her energy. She's a wonderful example of a human being. Florence's focus on aging is about retaining power, having a place in society where you're respected as an elder for what you've done and what you know. The more we can do to emphasize this, the further we can bring people's consciousness to that level. It's important that people be congratulated on their older age.