America's Oldest Living Person, Elizabeth Francis, Dies at 115. She Was a Supercentenarian and 'Houstonian Icon'
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Since her birth in 1909, Francis lived through two world wars, segregation, the fall of the Soviet Union, multiple pandemics and the invention of the cellphone

Since her birth in 1909, Francis lived through two world wars, segregation, the fall of the Soviet Union, multiple pandemics and the invention of the cellphone

  • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
    47·
    3 days ago

    For reference, when Francis was born in 1909, many Black people in the United States could not vote, only gaining full enfranchisement in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, when Francis would have been 56.

    That’s says a lot

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      151·
      3 days ago

      But think of how many racist assholes who treated her badly over the years who died before her. She won that particular game at least.