Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-11-13 | Page 22 | Century Old Woman Casts First Vote

CENTURY OLD OMAN Vt CASTS FIRST VOTE I. I w f Th I Lri 4 ii- ii S 'S x J Mrs rs Lydia A. A Sharpless of Whittier CaL lOt years cars old is the Ule ol oldest cst woman voter in the United States She was the first woman to register in Iii California and anda Is a the olde oldest t voter oter in tho the state Mrs Sharpless has has' three children thirteen grandchildren and two twenty-two great great- grandchildren n Her oldest boy is 77 and her daughter 7 72 7 The father of oC this cen- cen died at had bad sixty six great great- grandchildren and his first vote was wu cast castor tor or Georgo Washington Mrs Sharpless attributes her long lont loni life to natural strength a a. simple lJ life and arid tho the healthful lima to of or California Her ST great at tion ion is to live to bo be years carlf old and he she expects to see ei great dren