When Edith Ceccarelli was born in February 1908, Theodore Roosevelt was president, Oklahoma had just become the nation\u2019s 46th state and women did not yet have the right to vote.<\/p>\n
At 116, Ms. Ceccarelli is the oldest known person in the United States and the second oldest on Earth. She has lived through two World Wars, the advent of the Ford Model T \u2014 and the two deadliest pandemics in American history.<\/p>\n
For most of that time, she has lived in one place: Willits, a village tucked in California\u2019s redwood forests that was once known for logging but now may be better known for Ms. Ceccarelli.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n At 116, she is the oldest known person in the U.S. and the second oldest on Earth. <\/p>\n For most of that time, she has lived in one place: a village tucked in California\u2019s redwood forests that was once known for logging but now may be better known for her. https:\/\/t.co\/EQ4i4LeBAf<\/a><\/p>\n — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n