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Podcast: Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined
Episode: Jean Olson: Living an Enchanted Life, with Adventure and Verve
Description: Jean Olson, age 70, describes her 13 years in the Foreign Service as an “odd and torturous path,” that included a successful class action suit against the federal government. Jean left the Foreign Service (stints in Europe and South America) for her hometown in Wisconsin to be her mother’s caregiver and to serve as (volunteer) President of the Village Council. At age 57, and ‘unemployed’ for seven years, Jean created a path to retirement. She rejoined the Foreign Service for seven more years, having to start over as a “baby diplomat” — a “lesson in humility.” Jean choice of Las Cruces, NM. as her retirement hom...