Linda Glasser Zises

Profile Updated: March 24, 2018
Linda Glasser
Residing In: Chicago, IL USA
Spouse/Partner: no spouse since 1977 live alone
Yes! Attending Reunion
Family:

sons: bryan 44(wife kristie); zachary 40(wife venessa)
grandchildren Henry(12) and Lucy9): Moxie(4) Rhyla(18mos)
Sons are both Entrapeneurs:

Education:

U. of Wisconsin BS 1964
Hunter College MSW 1970
Post grad. work at NPAP: dropped out in mid stream
Current courses: Philosophy Club, local group: Judo, national champion in Senior and Masters division:
Yoga twice a week - intermediate level
T'ai Chi: push hands competition
Ceramics just started

Career:

case worker N.Y.C.: 1965 -1991
Senior case worker, supervisor, trainer; procedure writer, program designer etc. 26 years. changed jobs within the agency every year and a half: I did it all!
Award: Women of the Year. I forgot which years

Formed Women In City Government United (three members, then only one but no one knew that). Fought for and won Maternity Leave without penalty to women(I even got workman's comp for women on leave and child care for men(first ever)
authored and fought for sex neutral tables which earn N.Y.C.women equal pay into their pension system and equal pay upon retirement without penalty to the aggrieved party.
Established private Psycho-analytic practice with the help of NPAP.
Retired in 1991 and have been relaxing, having fun ever since.

Lifelong Hobbies:

hobbies: my whole life is a hobby:

JUDO, T'ai-Chi and push hands, Yoga, Writing(film reviewer for wbai radio and producer of The Women's Collective, until 2011), Painting, Ceramics, Learning the computer. Am currently doing research on a subject I hope will one day materialize into a book as opposed to a manuscript.
reading and avoiding TV even when in a bar or restaurant.
being a grandmother which is easier but only slightly than being a single mother. I recently left Brooklyn to join my children in bitter cold Chicago.
the weather has been kind this year. and going to the Zoo to see the Apes and take pictures without a glare. And learning to cook, at last!

Community Activities:

I am still hoping for that Revolution we thought/hoped/foresaw while in college. Patching up Capitalism doesn't work. We have been there, done that and failed.
Time to move on.

Comments:

see sbove: life long hobbies

Did You Graduate From North Or South?

South

Elementary School Info:

Keningston elementary school, great neck north for one year and then great neck south high school.

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I remember eating gouda cheese with strawberry jam on Crackers in your kitchen. And it was so good, I couldn't stop. Happy birthday, again

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Did you ever think we would live this long?
CONGRATULATIONS!

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