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It’s tougher for women to achieve a secure retirement. Women generally earn
less than men — and live longer. But there are steps you can take to prepare for
retirement, whether you’ve just started working or are nearing retirement age.
The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a two-part series of free webinars
for service providers, advocates, and individuals. The first webinar focuses on
women and Social Security, the second on pensions and savings.
Register today! These online
workshops are free to participants, but registration is required.
Planning for the Future: What Women Need to Know About Social
Security
1:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Find out more about the benefits Social Security can provide, including
before retirement, and about how your decisions (and your spouse’s, if you are
married) about when to claim benefits can affect your retirement income.
Planning for the Future: What Women Need to Know About Pensions and
Savings
1:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, September 16, 2010
Find out more about ways you can save for retirement and manage your savings
to improve your retirement security.
There is no reason to be intimidated by retirement planning. The webinars,
part of the National Women’s Law Center’s Citi Education Series on Family
Economic Security, will give you some tips and strategies to obtain peace of
mind. Register today!
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Sincerely,
Joan Entmacher Vice President for Family Economic Security National
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Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple By Jenny Joseph | The Red Hat Sociey
source: http://labyrinth_3.tripod.com/page59.html
The Red Hat Society
The Red Hat Society began as a result of a few women deciding to greet middle age with verve, humor, and elan. We believe silliness is the comedy relief of life, and, since we are all in it together, we might as well join red-gloved hands and go for the gusto together. Underneath the frivolity, we share a bond of affection, forged by common life experiences and a genuine enthusiasm for wherever life takes us next.
Women of a certain age wearing red hats and purple outfits! Could world domination be far behind?!
How it started
- Sue Ellen Cooper, Queen Mother
(Top row, left to right) Pat Judson, Jane Farrington, Jeanne McLeod
(Middle row) Mary Ellen Lamparter, Cheryl Hertel, Polly McLaughlin, Sandy Santillan, Sue Davis, Sherry Friend, Maureen Burton, Marcia Harline, Vicki Raudabaugh, Susan Powers, Marie Rowden
(Bottom row) Chris Carroll, Carol Sibley, "EQM" Sue Ellen Cooper
While visiting a friend in Tucson several years ago, Sue Ellen impulsively bought a bright red fedora at a thrift shop, for no other reason than that it was cheap and, she thought, quite dashing. A year or two later she read the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph, which depicts an older woman in purple clothing with a red hat. Sue Ellen felt an immediate kinship with Ms. Joseph. She decided that her birthday gift to her dear friend, Linda Murphy, would be a vintage red hat and a copy of the poem. She has always enjoyed whimsical decorating ideas, so she thought the hat would look nice hanging on a hook next to the framed poem. Linda got so much enjoyment out of the hat and the poem that Sue Ellen gave the same gift to another friend, then another, then another.
One day it occurred to these friends that they were becoming a sort of "Red Hat Society" and that perhaps they should go out to tea... in full regalia. They decided they would find purple dresses which didn't go with their red hats to complete the poem's image.
The tea was a smashing success.
Soon, each of them thought of another woman or two she wanted to include, and they bought more red hats. Their group swelled to 18, and they began to encourage other interested people to start their own chapters (18 women don't fit well around a tea table). One of their members passed along the idea to a friend of hers in Florida, and their first "sibling" group was born.
Sue Ellen's fondest hope is that these societies will proliferate far and wide. We have now held three successful Red Hat Society conventions entire hotels filled with women of a certain age wearing red hats and purple outfits! Could world domination be far behind?
source: http://www.redhatsociety.com/aboutus/howitstarted.html
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