Rosie the Riveter Learns To Fly
Rose Monroe wanted to train as pilot during WWII, but was disqualified for being a single mother. She became a riveter instead — you may know her as Rosie. And she did learn to fly.
People Who Bloomed in Their Fifties
William Gay: Eulogy for a Luminous Southern Gothic Writer First Published at Age 55
William Gay was the son of a sharecropper. He grew up a blue-collar worker, barely making a living, writing at night. At age 55, after countless rejections, he got published.
Eugenia Lovett West: The Brilliant Mystery Author Who Wrote Her First Novel at 56 and Her Second at 84!
A late-blooming writer who published her first novel at 56, but didn’t see her second one in print until age 84!
Fittest After 50: More Inspiration
Three more regular people who got in the best shape of their life after age 50!
Fittest After 50: Pump Some Iron
Almost everyone past 50 who’s in phenomenal shape, and who got there later, relies heavily on strength training (pun intended). Why muscle is the only way to master metabolism after age 50.