Description: Ex-Library book in very good condition. After finding an older woman living in a chicken coop because she couldnt afford decent housing or health care, a retired educator named Ethel Percy Andrus got angry, then got organized. And in doing so, she radically changed the landscape of America. This beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive biography of Dr. Andrus, the founder of AARP, now the nations largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. A social innovator, visionary, and disruptor, Andrus pioneered marketplace solutions to help older Americans stretch their dollars and improve the quality of their lives, such as affordable group health insurance, a discount drug-buying plan, and a travel service. She worked hard to create affordable, accessible housing for people as they age and unite the generations through volunteerism. She fought fraud and helped establish a new image of aging in the workplace and beyond. And as an educator, she served as a teacher and principal, launched a school for adults, and later founded the Institute of Lifetime Learning.
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Subject Area: Ethel Percy Andrus
Book title: Ethel Percy Andrus One Woman Who Changed America
Item Height: 1 in
Features: Ex-Library, Laminated
Item Length: 9 in
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Subject: Ethel Percy Andrus Biography
Item Weight: 2 lbs
Item Width: 8 in
Publication Name: Ethel Percy Andrus : One Woman Who Changed America
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Aarp
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Author: Craig Walker
