by WomenOver70 | Sep 11, 2024 | Enhancing Career, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Anne Burke, age 80, retired Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, began her career as a physical education teacher, earned her undergraduate degree as an adult student at the School for New Learning/DePaul University, completed a law degree while raising four...
by WomenOver70 | Sep 4, 2024 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Ruth Schimel, 84, has original ways to make the most of life’s possibilities. An author of over 70 published articles and seven books, she was previously a diplomat/foreign service officer at the Department of State. She has also taught at four universities. With her...
by WomenOver70 | Aug 28, 2024 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Susan Baur, 84, has been a writer, historian and psychologist for 50 years. As a child, nothing grabbed her passion like listening to her father’s stories which seemed to describe other worlds that exist inside our own. Pursuing these other worlds ever since, the...
by WomenOver70 | Aug 21, 2024 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season Five, Season Four
Karen Ross, 76, is a champion who keeps reinventing herself. Self-confident, curious and proactive, Karen never stops finding new ways to stay involved, support herself and others, and meet interesting people. She thought she would be a musician and entered college...
by WomenOver70 | Aug 14, 2024 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season Five, Season Four
Elderwerks’ dynamic CEO and Founder, Jennifer Prell, understands older adults. She believes elders deserve respect and loving care. She gets worked up when talking about how difficult it often is for older people, no matter their income level, to find proper housing...