schwarmerei1:willisninety-six:103 year old Ruline Steininger casts a vote for Hillary Clinton in Iow
schwarmerei1:willisninety-six:103 year old Ruline Steininger casts a vote for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, as early voting began in the state. She was born in 1913 when women were banned from voting, and born even before the First World War began. She has voted in every election since 1936, when she first cast her vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and earlier this year has sent a letter to Hillary saying:“In my first century of life, I’ve seen many incredible things” “A pandemic, two worldwide depressions, a cure for polio, the first Catholic president, a man on the moon, the end of smallpox, an attack on American soil, and a black president. In my second century, I look forward to seeing a woman president.”Kind of really sobering when you really think about the fact that there are people in this country who are alive at this moment and lived at a time when universal suffrage hadn’t existed yet.(X)Diverting somewhat, but look at three of the incredible things on this list: the influenza pandemic of 1918 that killed 3-5% of the world’s population (or 50-100 million people), the development of the polio vaccine, and the global elimination of smallpox. Think of why these three things rated so high in significance to Steininger and get your vaccinations and booster shots. -- source link