Ethel Percy Andrus
Ethel Percy Andrus
Ethel Percy Andruswas a long-time educator and the first woman high school principal in California. She was also an elder rights activist and the founder of AARP in 1958. In 1995 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth21 September 1884
CountryUnited States of America
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