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

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
    11·
    20 days ago

    since Elizabeth was unlikely to have had her at much younger than 19.

    Why? Because you think she would’ve got married earliest at 18 and never had sex before it?

    She could’ve been fucking plenty and then gotten married when she got pregnant. And you don’t need to be that old to marry, and 100 years ago even less so.

    In states without a legislated minimum, common law (which specifies a minimum of 12 years old for females and 14 years old for males) prevails; the estimated effect of a common law is similar to a legislated minimum of 13 or less

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_States