Quotes from women who retired early
"I felt like a victim of a drive-by shooting." - Carol Knauff when she was told her job was "eliminated".
"We have been on a path of discovery, both personal and with each other." - Yvonne Shepard.
"One of our more provocative discussions was about money. We had walked away from our companies when AT&T and Lucent were in their glory days, received pensions or packages and cashed in our stock or stock options. Yet most of us felt vulnerable. Why?" - Judy Scheffler.
"As satisfying and intellectually stimulating as work was, it was almost always work. Retirement, on the other hand, has so far been like finding the sweet spot in the racquet." - Fran Henig.
"This group of nine is much more than a diversion now - it's something I look forward to; it's the female mentors I wish I had during my career; it is proof that there is life during retirement." - Pam Hufnagel.
"I told [my father] I wasn't going to graduate school. He told me I'd only be able to drive a garbage truck... but I have two postgraduate degrees." - Margaret Ann Chapell.
"We had been in the initial wave of women pursuing full-time careers. Now we are on the forefront of career women entering retirement. We want it to be just as defining and successful as our careers." - Duffy Kopriva.