103-Year-Old Grandma Shares Her Experience Picking Cotton for 50 Cents Per Day in Viral Video

Madie Scott.Photo: blackbeauty_305/TikTok A 103-year-old grandmother is sharing her piece of history — and going viral along the way. Shanika Bradshaw recently shareda video on TikTok, featuring her grandmother Madie Scott speaking about her experience picking cotton in the fields as a teenager. “When you think of history, they really don’t talk about the truth,” Bradshaw toldBuzzfeedof her grandmother, who raised her and her two brothers after their mom died.

103-Year-Old Julia 'Hurricane' Hawkins Wins Gold in 100-Meter Dash: 'It's Awe-Inspiring' to Do This

The Hurricane is here! Hawkins didn’t even begin her running career until age 100, saying that she “thought it’d be neat to run at 100 and do the 100-yard dash” — and that’safterpicking up a cycling career relatively late in life. Last year, the “Hurricane” set a world record for the 100-meter in her age group, but finished slightly slower this year, according toGMA. “I’m thrilled I did as well as I did but I didn’t do as well as I have done,” the mother of four said.

104-Year-Old Marine Veteran Asks for Valentine's Day Cards — and Receives Over 70,000

Photo: The Oaks at Inglewood/Facebook An 104-year-old World War II veteran is gearing up for a very special Valentine’s Day after a call for holiday cards yielded thousands. “Operation Valentine”was launched earlier this month in honor of Bill White, a retired major in the U.S. Marine Corps now living at The Oaks at Inglewood in Stockton, California. A fellow resident at the retirement and assisted living facility made the initial request on social media, calling on people to send White cards in the hopes of reaching 100 – about one for each birthday,according to Reuters.

105-Year-Old Julia Hawkins Sets World Record for Age Group in 100-Meter Run: 'It Was Wonderful'

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’sJulia Hawkins! “It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends,” Hawkins said after the race, according to the organization. “But I wanted to do it in less than a minute.” When asked if she wanted to run the 100-meter race again, she toldCBS News, “Yeah!” Thisisn’t the first timeHawkins has made headlines for her show of endurance. At age 101, the former schoolteacher from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the 100-meter dash in a blazing 40.

105-Year-Old Woman Who Survived 1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed Her Mom Dies After COVID Battle

Dorene Giacopini holds a photo of her with her mother, Primetta Giacopini.Photo: Josh Edelson/AP/ShutterstockPrimetta Giacopini, who lived through World War II and theGreat Influenza pandemic of 1918, has died after a battle with COVID. She was 105.“I think my mother would have been around quite a bit longer if she hadn’t contracted COVID,” her daughter Dorene, 61, told theAssociated Press.Primetta was only 2 years old when her mother, Pasquina Fei, died in 1918 at the age of 25, according to the news agency.