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Ethel Percy Andrus (September 21, 1884 – July 13, 1967) was a long-time educator and the first woman high school principal in California. She was also an elder rights activist and the founder of AARP in 1958.In 1993, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In 1995, she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.