About 200 women participants stayed on after the conference, at their own expense, to start the Older Women's League, an outgrowth of the Older Women's League Educational Fund, founded by Tish Sommers and Laurie Shields, and named Sommers as the first president of OWL.
The conference led to about 200 female participants deciding to stay on at their own expense to launch the Older Women's League, a spin-off organization from the Older Women's League Educational Fund, established by Tish Sommers and Laurie Shields. Sommers was subsequently named the first president of OWL.