One-hundred forty years old, that’s how old Gertrude Stein will be today, February 3rd or would have been, were many of the magical, medical, longevity miracles that are beginning to surface been around fifty years ago. But then the question is, does anyone really want or need to live that long?
I’d be 140 in 2089 , only 20 years from the 22nd Century and not sure if I’d like to be there, there!
But let’s go back to 1874, the year of Gertrude’s birth to see what was happening.