Gerodiversity - How Facing Adversity across the Lifespan can Foster Workplace Resilience

<p> Symposium Topic: Older Women Who Work: Examinations of Grey and Grit <ul> <li> Chair: Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, PhD, Northeastern Illinois University </li> <li> Participants: Mary Gergen, PhD, Penn State University; and Ellen Cole, PhD, The Sage Colleges. When Just Getting by Is Getting Old: Women Working in Later Life to Pay the Bills <br/> <strong> - </strong> Monica Teixeira, MA, Columbia College. The Impact of Aging and Authentic Leadership in a Higher Education Latina Leader <br/> <strong> - </strong> Julie Hicks Patrick, PhD, West Virginia University. Appalachian Grit and Older Working Women <br/> <strong> - </strong> Niva Piran, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Missions Continued: The Meaning of Work in Older Women&rsquo;s Lifelong Journey <br/> <strong> - </strong> Ashley Stripling, PhD, and Jodie Maccarrone, MS, Nova Southeastern University. Gerodiversity - How Facing Adversity Across the Lifespan Can Facilitate Workplace Resilience </li> <li> Discussant: Ellen Cole, PhD, The Sage Colleges </li> </ul></p>