Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

The remark affirms elder women—particularly those who have navigated demanding work, community, and family responsibilities—as vital bearers of practical and moral knowledge. Walker frames age not as decline but as accumulated expertise: lived experience teaches the arts of cooperation (“sharing”), emotional endurance (“patience”), and sound judgment (“wisdom”). The emphasis on women who have “led an active life” or “successfully maneuver[ed]” family life also highlights often-unrecognized labor, suggesting that everyday survival and caretaking can generate insight as profound as formal education. Implicitly, the quote critiques cultures that marginalize older women and urges intergenerational listening and respect.