Of course!

I saw an American tourist at my university yesterday with a grey braid down to her waist

I see it all the time.  Dunno, maybe it's regional but around here, Bay Area, it's really not at all unusual to see women looking good and well groomed with grey hair down to their waists - YAY ...g

Bay Area.. watch out... those grannies where probably taking to the streets 30 to 40 years ago defending our rights as women to be able to have the controle over our own bodies.

I've never understood how the long hair was connected to the movement back then... be it Janis Joplin or whatever since long hair seems to me to be very retro, victorian, or tribal oriented and i would have thought that 'boy cuts' would have been all the rage.. in fact i refused to wear my hair long for years because i did not want to be forced into stereotypes.

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Thank you!   

When I was about 5, I was standing in line at the grocery store with my mother.  There were two Indian (not native American) women in line in front of us.  The older lady was wearing a sari, and her hair was in a braid that fell past her knees.  The bottom half was black, and the top was grey/white. 

I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.  I have never forgotten that lady.  When I was in college, I had a professor with a waist length braid.  The top half of hers was also grey, the bottom half blonde. 

I decided I needed to grow out my hair because I wanted to have that long, long color changing braid someday too!  My husband really hates the 'old lady Q-Tip look' as he calls it, and he has made me promise to never go there.   He also goes out of his way to go up to older women who have long hair and compliment them.  I think long white hair looks very elegant!

Yesterday evening while I was driving home I saw a lady with gorgeous, long white hair.  She was running across the street.   Most of her straight, midback length hair was silver white, the bottom six inches or so were blonde.  So pretty!