by WomenOver70 | Feb 8, 2023 | Podcast, Season Five, Season Four, Social Service
Helen Shiller, age 75, was a six-term alderperson in Chicago’s poor and oppressed communities where she advocated for radical changes to police misconduct, poverty, and racism. Starting in the early 1970s, Helen’s activism took a page from the Black Panther Party’s 10...
by WomenOver70 | Feb 1, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Joyce Feustel earned three degrees: BS in English Education, MS in Health Education and MA in Health Services Administration. While pregnant with her first child, she was elected to the County Board of Supervisors. After her daughter was born in December 1980, she...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 25, 2023 | Expressive Arts, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Kimbeth Judge has been writing her entire life. At age 4 she was already fascinated by adult behavior. Understanding human nature has preoccupied her ever since. Putting words to paper enables her to make sense of what she thinks she sees. Her mother encouraged her to...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 18, 2023 | Podcast, Season Five, Season Four, Social Activism
Dynamic duo, Opal Lee, 96 and her granddaughter, Dione Sims, 54 are relentless in their fight for freedom. Opal’s activism started as a home school counselor in South Fort Worth, TX. Opal believed that “access to information and resources is what helps us do better”...
by WomenOver70 | Jan 11, 2023 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Four
Catherine Johns found her way to an early career in broadcasting. She thought she went to college to become a nurse. There was this guy in her dormitory……how many stories started out that way in the ‘60s? “You have an amazing voice. You should be on the radio”. So she...