4 Reasons To Rethink What's Age-Appropriate

Need a quick pick-me-up? This handful of grin-worthy facts about women and aging is exactly what you're looking for.

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  Getting Started

  
  

  Entrepreneurs ages 55 to 64 launched 21 percent of new U.S. businesses in 2011.

  
  


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  Holding Your Own

  
  

  Sixteen percect of homebuyers nationwide are single women, with a median age of 48.

  
  


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  Making The Rules

  
  

  At 65, Hawaii Democrat Mazie Hirono is the oldest female member of this year's freshman class in the Senate.

  
  


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  Hitting the Books

  
  

  According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about four million people 35 and over will be enrolled at colleges and universities by 2015.

  
  

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