I Waited 96 Years!

Mae Grace Lange, 96

Cordova, AK

 

"I was born before women were allowed to vote, and now I get to vote for a woman for president"

 

• Born May 1920 in Katalla, a village in the territory of Alaska that no longer exists, to Tlingit Indian and Danish parents

• Knows how to live off the land and make a home out of very little

• Operated a commercial fishing vessel for more than 50 years

• Six children (one deceased), and dozens of grandchildren and great grandchildren

 

"You know, I was born before women were allowed to vote, and now I get to vote for a woman for president."

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