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Silver Star Marion Downs
A chance decision on a course of study led Silver Star Marion Downs to an acclaimed career in audiology. Now the 94-year-old has written a book about living out your passions and getting the most out of a long life. -
Supercentenarians Are Defying the Odds
Those who live to 110 and beyond inspire researchers and photographers. There’s no shortage of these “supercentenarians” nowadays. -
Silver Star Itka Zygmuntowicz
“I’ve had so many tragedies and so many miracles in my life,” says Itka Zygmuntowicz. “I’m the luckiest unlucky woman.” -
Silver Star Mildred Heath
For Mildred Heath, 100, home has always been south-central Nebraska. Work has been journalism ever since she was 15. And life has been, and still is, good. -
Emily’s List Reception at the Democratic National Convention
How far have women progressed since they won the right to vote? -
World Famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Opens its Doors in London, England
The doors to the quirky and world famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, the global authority on the weird, strange and bizarre, opened in London on Wednesday, Aug 20. -
Financial Matters Are Critical for Women in the Third Third
Have you thought about where you are financially for the third third of your life? -
Silver Star Eugene Curnow
Eugene Curnow, 83, grew up in poverty, then lived through one of the bloodiest campaigns in American military history: Iwo Jima. He's written a riveting, story-filled memoir titled Life, the Hard Way: Up from Poverty Flat.
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The Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers
We can thank Tom Brokaw for calling those of us born between 1923 and 1945 The Greatest Generation.
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