The last American born in the 1800s is now dead

She probably bitched about the Silent Generation.

Holy shite. That's a mindblower. She was 15 when WWI started.

And the SJW Era. Sounds like Jesus was doing her a solid by taking her home.

The year she was born, Mount Ranier National Park was established and Chicago started its first juvenile court. That's just incredible.

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To think you she was the last of billions of people born in the 19th century is mind boggling

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Last American. There is still one person remaining born in 1899, Emma Morano (11/29/1899) who is Italian.

Truly a lifetimes worth of experiences.

I missed that. Yes, Emma is the last of a century. Mind boggling to think of how life on Earth has changed since 1899.

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She lived to see:

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To rephrase your post in another way:

Her life expectancy when she was born was 49 years.

We went from no flying to landing on the moon.

WWI, the "Great War", was surpassed by WWII.

She was alive for the ratification of 11 amendments to the US constitution - she saw alcohol abolished at 20 and brought back when she was 34. As a woman she couldn't vote from 18-21. Federal income taxes didn't exist until she was 14.

She was 65 when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed and she lived long enough to see a black man become president.

She may have been receiving social security benefits for 55 years.

$1 when she was 15 is worth the same as $24 today.

She was 40 when Gone With the Wind was released and she lived 26 years before The Great Gatsby ever existed.