Born on the Fourth of July, 1898
Gertrude Weaver is part of a group that speaks to the power of female life longevity.
When you live as long as Arkansas’ Gertrude Weaver, the headlines become about who you have outlasted.
In July 2014, Time magazine informed that she had become the oldest living American. Today, it is USA Today contributor Matthew Diebel’s turn to announce that she is now the oldest living person in the world:
The daughter of sharecroppers who witnessed the Civil War, Gertrude Weaver was born in southwest Arkansas near the border with Texas and was married in 1915.
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