"When I graduated from high school, women couldn't do everything I wanted to do, so I never became anything. My mindset was more that I'd take what I could get. I should've gone to college, but I didn't because in those days, you were expected to be either a teacher or a nurse. I started working at a department store at the age of 15. I worked at banks for a while, then moved from position to position based on what was available."
"My first husband and I had two children. When I married the second time, we were married for seven years. That took the financial burden off for those seven years, but immediately after my separation, I was working four jobs at a time, seven days a week, just to keep going because I didn't have help. I'm still working to keep going at 81."
"I've been a traffic person for a cable company. I've prepped houses for painters. If there was something to be done and I could earn money doing it, I never hesitated. I've always felt that if I don't know how to do something, I can learn it, and I've been fortunate in achieving success in the things I've chosen to learn."
Kathy Curtis, 81, lives in rural Northern California and works part-time in customer service and data entry for a local water company. She began working at 15 in a department store and later held bank positions and other available jobs. Social expectations in her youth limited women's career options, so she did not attend college. She had two children and two marriages; after her second separation she worked four jobs, seven days a week, to survive without help. She has filled roles such as cable traffic coordinator, house prepper for painters, and furniture store office worker, learning new skills to earn income.
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