Leadership

The Internet Loves All These Voting Grandmas

By Sarah Begley
Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Holds Pittsburgh Campaign Rally
An elderly woman smiles as Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, not pictured, speaks during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Clinton leads Donald Trump by three percentage points among likely voters nationally, the latest sign that her campaign's painstaking focus on women, Latinos and blacks could help propel her to the White House. Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Pete Marovich—Bloomberg via Getty Images

Women’s suffrage has only been guaranteed in the U.S. since 1920, and this election day, plenty of women who were born around that year are getting out the vote.

Social media users posted photos of their voting grannies on Tuesday, sharing stories about nonagenarians and centenarians casting their ballots—many of them for the first female nominee of a major party. “Our 98 year old Nana just voted for the 1st woman Prez,” wrote one person. “Women couldn’t vote when she was born. go nana.” “My 90 year old grandmother has finally voted for a woman for President,” wrote another.

Here are some of the grannies warming the Internet’s heart this election day:

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