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World's Oldest Living Woman

World's Oldest Living Woman

After doing the the '[Fun Stuff] When you will die?' game, I have been wondering how old the oldest woman ever to live was. So I looked it up and here's what it said:

Oh my goodness! What an example of not letting your age stop you. She sure accomplished a lot in her life. Can you even imagine all of the changes she saw during her lifetime?

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It is very rare to see someone who has spanned an entire century such as she did. She lived through 2 World Wars as well, which is a remarkable achievement and noteworthy as a historical fact. Fencing at 85? Now that is amazing!!!

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This woman lived through 4 major wars, adding vietnam and korean wars to the two world wars. What an absolutely amazing woman, I can only hope to live such a full and eventful life!

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At a church that I used to go to before we moved, there was a gentlemen who was also quite old, though I forget his age. Someone once asked him what the biggest thing in his life was. Instead of mentioning the major wars or anything, he told everyone, "seeing the first cars on the street." Realisitically, the automobile was the only technological advancement in motion since the horse-drawn wheel. Its interesting that he actually thought of that in the midst of everything else - he lived to see the greatest technological breakthough in possibly over 4,000 years.

I don't know if I would want to live to be that old, even if I had the choice. I'm only 20, and already I have problems with me joints. I can't imagine living to be that old and my problems only getting worse and worse each day.

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I still marvel at this woman's life, and would love to do some of the things she has done. I have had the same thoughts as Melodray before, that I am not sure that I want to live to be as old as this lady did. True, if the quality of my life wasn't that good, maybe not. But, it sounds like this woman either did not have many infirmities of the body or of the mind/emotions, OR, more likely to me, she did not allow them to stop her. I mean, I don't even ride a bike now, let alone riding one at the age of 100. She must have had a very strong mind and determination to try new things, to not give in to negative thoughts, to have a 'can do' attitude, to block out any problems enough to keep herself going, and to live a pretty healthy lifestyle. I admire her, and it would benefit me greatly if I started following her example now, especially if I wanted to live that long. Fencing at 85 and acting at 114? Wow!

Edited: dawnofthenew on 31st Jan, 2005 - 5:38pm

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I think that it is marvelous what this lady accomplished in her life.
My Grandmother is almost 106, and she was born in Victorian times.
She was still going on foreign holidays with my other Grandmother until she was 95, and always has some great stories to tell.
My Grandma became a widow from her first husband when she was only 19, and she had a baby too. It is really strange to think that if my Aunty was still alive, she too would be over 85 years old!

That is the down side in my opinion to living a very long life, you have the sadness of burying your children, before your own life has ended.

It is only when you sit and actually listen to what older people have to say, you really realize truly what life experiences they really have lived through!

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One of my mother-in-law's aunts will turn 100 this June, and the family plans to have a big celebration for her. She is not in the best of health, but this has only been recently. About 2 years ago, I met her for the first time and marveled that she was 98 years old (at the time) because of how mobile and in good health she was.
DianeC, you said your grandmother is 106! She is not too far from the record herself; only 16 or so years to go.

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OLDEST WOMAN DIES AT AGE 116

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died early Monday, the administrator of the nursing home where she lived said Monday. She was 116.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/11/oldest.woman.ap/index.html