102-Year-Old Woman Born Before Female Suffrage Pledges Delegates to Hillary Clinton

A woman born before her own mother could vote was able to help Hillary Clinton officially clinch the historic nomination on Tuesday.

At 102 years old, Jerry Emmett pledged 51 of Arizona's delegates to the the first woman to ever win a major party's nomination for president of the United States.

Arizona's 102-year-old delegate, older than women's right to vote, cast votes for @HillaryClinton #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/ied8Pimego

— Mashable News (@MashableNews) July 26, 2016

The oldest delegate at the DNC, Emmett was born six years before women's suffrage.

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To honor Emmett, DNC officials in her home state appointed the former educator to serve as an honorary delegate at the convention in Philadelphia, a spokesman told the Associated Press.

"51 votes for the next president of the United States of America, Hillary Rodham Clinton," Emmett said proudly as she waved to the crowd. 

Her moment in the spotlight was a culmination of years of dedication to Arizona's Democratic party.

Emmett even started a fan club for Hillary Clinton back when she was First Lady.

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And for someone who remembers seeing her mother vote for the first time for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emmett still heaps high praise on the newly minted nominee.

"Some day Hillary Clinton will be Woman of the World just like Eleanor Roosevelt," she told KPHO.

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