My grandmother was born in 1901 and passed away in 1995. It was an amazing span of years to be alive, in terms of progress.
She saw computers go from room-size to PCs. She saw the birth of aviation and people walk on the moon. She saw electrification and indoor plumbing. She saw cars go from rare toys for the super rich to commonplace.
Not to mention old enough to witness two world wars and the Cold War. I wonder what could we have learned from her about how human nature flows from one conflict to another…
She was remarkably untouched by the world wars, as she lived her entire life in the USA, and my grandfather was in college and was not drafted into WW1, and was too old for WWII (Nor did she have any sons).
In fact, WWII was probably a positive for her. She worked as a "Rosie the Riviter" building P40 at the Curtiss plant in Buffalo, NY.
She saw computers go from room-size to PCs. She saw the birth of aviation and people walk on the moon. She saw electrification and indoor plumbing. She saw cars go from rare toys for the super rich to commonplace.