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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 39 MIN

“Breaking Barriers Before They Had a Name: The Story of Yale’s Oldest Living Nursing School Graduate” - Thelma Joseph

from Birth2Boardroom Podcast - Empowering Women to Lead. Thrive. Succeed · host Deb Kowalski & Natalie Griffiths

This episode is one you won't forget.Thelma Joseph is 102 years young — a Yale School of Nursing graduate, a wartime nurse, a mother of four, a visitor of 87 countries, and a woman who went back to nursing after a 15-year break and didn't retire until she was 95.Her philosophy is simple and powerful: "When one door closes, another one opens — but it doesn't always welcome you. You have to give it a good push sometimes."Join host Deb Kowalski and co-host Natalie  Griffith for a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and what it truly means to live — not just exist.

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