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Brenau womens history event honors AARP founder
Free exhibit on display until Monday
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AARP employee Lily Liu takes a photo with AARP Gwinnett Board Member William Mayfield Thursday afternoon during the ‘Disrupt Aging’ art exhibit and reception at the Brenau University Downtown Center. Event keynote speaker Liu spoke about AARP Georgia and National Retired Teachers Association founder Ethel Percy Andrus.
Ethel Percy Andrus lived by what she preached. By the time Andrus died in 1967, she had founded two nationally recognized groups, AARP and the National Retired Teachers Association, which would later be known as the Georgia Retired Educators Association. “She didn’t think twice.