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Cool Lady of the Day: Postwoman of Steel Retires in Glory Without Taking a Single Sick Day

by Susana Polo | 1:58 pm, January 31st, 2013

Deborah Ford retires today, after a career that’s older than Sesame Street, the Moon Landing, and The Brady Bunch, and that, in and of itself, would be impressive enough. But the sixty-four year old postal worker has also completed her forty-four year career without taking a single sick day.

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so long and thanks for all the fish

Feminist War Hero Nancy “The White Mouse” Wake Dies at 98

by Alanna Bennett | 4:29 pm, August 8th, 2011

Nancy Wake, pioneer feminist, once said: “I hate wars and violence, but if they come I don’t see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.”

This past Sunday, at age 98, she passed away.

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i swear by my pretty floral bonnet i will end you

Ms. and Ms. Smith: Women Became Best Friends After Being WWII Spies

by Alanna Bennett | 10:28 am, June 28th, 2011

File this under “Kickass Ladies and Their Adorable Stories.” Betty McIntosh, 96, and Doris Boher, 88, are best friends. And, in a story just waiting to be turned into a sitcom, they both spent their youths as secret agents for the U.S. during World War II. But they didn’t even meet until well after retirement.

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