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Contributors Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Personal and Career Identities for Older Women 1. From Striving to Thriving: How Facing Adversity Across the Lifespan Can Facilitate Workplace Resilience Ashley Stripling and Jodie Maccarrone 2. The Aging Woman Worker in a Lifespan Developmental Context Valory Mitchell 3. Shifting Values and Late Course Adjustments in the Careers of Older Women Lorraine Mangione, Kathi Borden, and Elizabeth Fuss 4. Work-Related Choice and Identity in Older Women Nicola Newton and Katherine Ottley 5. Precarious Work/Life in Retrospective: Still Growing the Pearl Jackie Goode Part II: Societal Roles of Aging Women Workers 6. The Secret Poor Among Us: Older Women Who Work to Make Ends Meet Mary Gergen and Ellen Cole 7. Work-Life Balance and the Older Working Woman H. Lorraine Radtke and Janneke Van Mens-Verhulst 8. What, Retire? Not Now--Maybe Not Ever Patricia O'Connor 9. "You're Too Young/Old for This": The Intersection of Ageism and Sexism in the Workplace Ruth Walker and Alexandria Zelin Part III: Diversity and Personal Grit in the Workplace and Beyond 10. Appalachian Grit and Older Working Women Julie Hicks Patrick, Abigail Nehrkorn-Bailey, Michaela S. Clark, and Madeline M. Marello 11. Missions Continued: Contextualizing Older Women's Work Pursuits and Passions in Lifelong Journeys Niva Piran 12. Use It or Lose It: Older Women and Civic Engagement Lisa Hollis-Sawyer 13. Older Immigrant Women Who Work: Building Resilience, Changing Perceptions and Policies Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha and Frauke Schnell Appendix: Employment Resources for Older Women Index About the Editors