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Women Still at Work draws on national survey data and in-depth interviews, showing not only the big picture of older women advancing their careers despite tough economic conditions, but also providing the personal insights of everyday working women from all parts of the country. Their stories showcase some of the key themes women choose to stay at workincluding job satisfaction, diminishing retirement savings, the need to support children or parents longer in life, exercising the hard-won right to work, and more. Women Still at Work shows employment to be a positive and rewarding part of life for many women well beyond the expected retirement age.
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Praise for Women Still at Work
Thanks to Liz Fideler for profiling our cohortmiddle-class women over 65 still at work. Its good to know that the graying of female professionals is no barrier to continued employment. I enjoyed reading about the interesting women Fideler introduces and learning how they manage their lives in and out of work. Sharon Feiman-Nemser , Brandeis University
Elizabeth F. Fideler tells the stories of older working women, backing them up with comparisons to national data and the latest research. Her stories are particularly compelling as they document the lives of a group of women who have been rejecting social norms all along the way, with working in retirement being the latest iteration. Jacquelyn B. James , director of research, Sloan Center on Aging & Work; research professor, Boston College
In exploring the phenomenon of older working women, Elizabeth Fideler weaves together substantive interviews and contemporary statistical data to create a very optimistic work. The strong, vibrant older women who shared their stories with Fideler are compelling examples of the benefits of staying on the job and off the shelf in later life. While the high-powered women interviewed here are by no means typical, they provide wonderful examples of the importance of mentoring, persistence, and positivity for women who have the opportunities to stay active and engaged in the workplace well beyond modern thresholds of old age. Susannah Ottaway , Carleton College
Women Still at Work
Women Still at Work
Professionals over Sixty and on the Job
Elizabeth F. Fideler
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Lanham Boulder New York Toronto Plymouth, UK
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint excerpts from the following copyrighted works:
From THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck, copyright 1939, renewed 1967 by John Steinbeck. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
From THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG by Muriel Barbery. Used by permission of Europa Editions.
From DOING SIXTY AND SEVENTY by Gloria Steinem. Used by permission of Elders Academy Press.
From OUT WITH THE YOUNG AND IN WITH THE OLD: U.S. LABOR MARKETS 20002008 AND THE CASE FOR AN IMMEDIATE JOBS CREATION PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS by Andrew Sum, Joseph McLaughlin, et al. Used by permission of the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University.
From ENCORE, copyright 2008 by Marc Freedman. Reprinted by permission of PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
From Gail Sheehy, Preface to WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINESMEETING THE CHALLENGE OF AN AGING AMERICA by Jessie Allen and Alan Pifer. Used by permission of Urban Institute Press.
From TRAVELING WITH POMEGRANATES by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, copyright 2009 by Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Fideler, Elizabeth S., 1942
Women still at work : professionals over sixty and on the job / Elizabeth S. Fideler.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4422-1550-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4422-1552-8 (ebook)
1. Older womenEmployment--United States. 2. Age and employmentUnited States. I. Title.
HD6056.2.U6F53 2012
331.4084'60973dc23
2012017802
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.
Printed in the United States of America
Acknowledgments
I am indebted to all 155 professional women who completed my survey, especially to the thirty-four spirited women who so generously gave of their time for an interview and those who forwarded the survey to other older working women around the country.
Many thanks are owed to colleagues and friends, including Ellie Slovis, Carol Grant, Barbara Resnek, Nancy Bills, Kathy Vassar, Deb Shanley, Allan Shedlin, Judy Perry, Cory Stebel, and David Freund, who helped keep the survey snowballing by passing it along to their colleagues and friends who are still on the job.
I am also very grateful to the following people who took an interest in my project early on and gave valuable advice at critical junctures: Dr. Jacquelyn B. James and the Sloan Center on Aging and Work, Dr. Charles V. Willie, Dr. John Collins III, Dr. Mary Coleman, Dr. Geraldine Brookins, Dr. Tatjana Meschede, Ralph Woodward, and the librarians at the Framingham Public Library.
To Sarah Stanton, my editor at Rowman & Littlefield, and Jin Yu, assistant editor, thanks for making the entire publishing process as smooth as it could be.
And to my dear husband, Dr. Paul A. Fideler, I offer my deepest appreciation for your willingness to listen and your unwavering support.
Introduction
Man, he lives in jerksbaby born an a man dies, an thats a jerkgets a farm an loses his farm, an thats a jerk. Woman, its all in one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it like that.Ma Joad, in John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Ask anyone to name well-known older American women who are still working and you might hear about actress and comedienne Betty White, ninety and guest host on Saturday Night Live ; film, stage, and screen actress Lauren Bacall, eighty-eight; cabaret and concert singer Barbara Cook, eighty-five; poet and memoirist Maya Angelou, eighty-four; broadcast journalist and television host Barbara Walters, eighty-three; author and professor Toni Morrison, eighty-one; artist, musician, activist Yoko Ono, seventy-nine; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, seventy-nine; US senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, seventy-nine and seventy-two, respectively; stage, film, and television actress, dancer, singer Chita Rivera, seventy-nine; Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, seventy-five; recording artist Roberta Flack, seventy-five; activist and founder of the Childrens Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman, seventy-three; former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, seventy-two; journalist and foreign correspondent Charlayne Hunter Gault, seventy; fashion model Lauren Hutton, sixty-nine; Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, sixty-three; or actress, playwright, professor Anna Deavere Smith, sixty-two. Active, smart, talented professionals, one and all. They are famous and deservedly so.
Not the least famous but decidedly active, smart, and talented are the many professional women who sail past age sixty, fly past sixty-five, and keep right on enjoying their work, making important contributions, each in their own way. They give short shrift to retirement, often because they enjoy their jobs and want to keep working. Sometimes the reasons to keep working are because of financial or familial circumstances or the need to hang onto health insurance coverage. They may work full time or part time; they may be self-employed or consulting. At the end of the day, for the most part, they simply love what they do. As one intrepid eighty-year-old caterer/cooking instructor/cookbook author told her daughter, I will retire when they stop calling me!
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