Not All Volunteers Fresh Out of College: ; , Hundreds of People Now in Peace Corps Are 50 Years Old or Older

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Forty years ago, when Lillian Carter applied to the Peace Corps, the idea of a 67-year-old woman volunteering to serve as a public health worker in India was so unusual, Carter had to have her head examined before being accepted.

The Corps requested she undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Carter, the mother of former President Carter, passed the assessment and went on to become one of the Peace Corps' most famous volunteers. After her death in 1983, the organization established an award in her name to recognize volunteers 50 and over for outstanding service.

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Not All Volunteers Fresh Out of College: ; , Hundreds of People Now in Peace Corps Are 50 Years Old or Older

The current pool of possible recipients for that honor might surprise even Miss Lillian, as she was known. These days, hundre...

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