101-Year-Old Woman Keeps Working In Style

By Katy Kelleher | August 11, 2010 | 1:22pm

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[Lincoln, Nebraska, August 10. Hundred and one-year-old Sally Gordon listens to speakers as she is given America’s Outstanding Oldest Worker award for 2010, at a ceremony in Lincoln.]

Gordon has been in the work force 84 years. For the last 26 years, she has been an assistant sergeant-at-arms, or “red coat” for the state, serving the Nebraska Legislature while it is in session. Image via AP.

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