"Sisterhood is Still Powerful" - Summer 2008
Read Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer's article, subtitled "Women OVER 50 on the Cutting Edge of Social Change.
The article includes a review of TTN's history and highlights Smart Women Don't Retire - They Break Free.
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Fact Sheet and Overview
Founded in 2000 by Christine Millen and Charlotte Frank
Our community: 3,500 women in 44 states and multiple countries
Our members: highly educated women who have worked most of their adult lives
· Half are still working full or part-time
· An active, positive group of women who want to make an impact
Chapter locations: New York City/Westchester/Long Island; Chicago; Denver; Houston; San Francisco Bay Area; Washington, D.
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New York Times - "Glass Ceiling to Gold Watch" - 4/23/04
METROPOLITAN DESK
Glass Ceiling Gives Way to Gold Watch; For Trailblazing Women, One Last Hurdle: Retirement
By JANE GROSS (NYT) 1566 words
Published: April 23, 2004
As a partner at a consulting firm, Christine Millen, 61, had a fancy job title, an executive assistant, a hectic schedule, the companionship of colleagues and the pride of being a pioneer in her profession.
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Business Week - "When You Still Want to Work" - 7/25/05
Two years ago, after 35 years as a rheumatologist in Wilmington, Del., Russell Labowitz sold his medical practice and set out to make a lifelong dream a reality. With fond memories of his first job scooping ice cream at a corner drugstore in Philadelphia, Labowitz decided to open an ice cream shop.
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New York Times - "Taking the Money" - 10/24/06
By JOHN LELAND
THEY were all on different career paths, but they had one thing in common. In midlife, well before they were ready to retire, they decided to take buyout packages.
Phil Bonfanti, a regional sales manager for Ford, took it for his family’s sake.
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Business Week - "Leaping Into New Waters" - 1/30/07
You may have lots of experience in your old field, but it won't necessarily help you make a break. What you need: focus, preparation, and chutzpah
by Sheila Curran
Will 2007 be the year you finally make good on your resolution to give up the daily grind and find work you love? Perhaps you're a lawyer who's painfully aware that being in a courtroom isn't as much fun as it looks on TV.
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