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Jun 1, 2018 · When Dr. Andrus died in 1967 at age 85, President Lyndon Johnson wrote: “In Ethel Percy Andrus, humanity had a trusted and untiring friend. ... By her enduring accomplishment, she has enriched not only us, but all succeeding generations of Americans.
May 1, 2011 · May 27, 2011 by Tyler Suchman. Ethel Andrus: How One Woman Changed America. Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus a t alk given to the Ojai Valley Museum by Craig Walker on May 1, 2011. Ethel Percy Andrus founded Grey Gables of Ojai, the National Retired Teachers Association, and the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP).
AARP Founded. As president and founder of the NRTA, Andrus devoted herself to improving the living conditions of her fellow retired teachers by lobbying for benefits such as affordable health insurance for persons over age 65, increased pensions, and tax benefits.
Aug 9, 2013 · Now, fast forward a few decades and I really DO wish I COULD have dinner with the woman who founded AARP, Ethel Percy Andrus (1884-1967). She began her professional career as a teacher and then in 1917 was chosen as the first woman high school principal in California.
She founded AARP on the principles of collective purpose, collective voice and collective purchasing power. Nearly 65 years later, AARP still champions these principles in a world that is rapidly changing – all in the spirit of its spirited founder, Ethel Percy Andrus.
Ethel Percy Andrus, founder of the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), created two national organizations that provide support to older Americans to achieve independence, purpose and dignity. An outstanding urban educator, Andrus discovered the plight of retired educators struggling to ...
Dec 6, 2012 · Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired high school principal, founded AARP in 1958. AARP evolved from the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA), which Dr. Andrus had established in 1947 to promote her philosophy of productive aging, and in response to the need of retired teachers for health insurance.
