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In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Decades later, she wrote about her life-changing trip in her autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga." GrowingBolder.com is bringing you exclusive excerpts from the book. In part 1, she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter. In...

**Blogger's note: Sadly, in January of 2010, Miep Gies passed away. You can read the Washington...

Call me old fashioned… or call me an anal English major… that thinks the world is severely...

Eric Shackle did it again. He's exposed another hidden gem. Another fantastic story on a person over the age of 100. We first learned of Eric through his wonderful articles on Olive Riley in Australia, who at age 108 was the World's Oldest Blogger. Or so he thought! Growing Bolder actually had the World's Oldest Blogger! She was 109 years old and also the oldest member of a social networking...

There's an international catfight of nearly immortal proportions taking place on GrowingBolder.com for World's Oldest Blogger Honors. It's the battle of the century. Literally! In the GrowingBolder.com corner, from America, clocking in at 109 years, 9 months and 4 days, Ruth Hamilton. In the AllAboutOlive.com.au corner, from Australia, with a time of 108 years, 8 months and 23...

I saw a 109-year-old woman brought back to life. It was stunning. Humbling. I’m still trying to process it all. I’ll tell you about it in a moment. But first, a little background. Ruth1898 is not only the oldest member of our growing bolder community; she’s the world’s oldest member of a social networking community. She’s the oldest blogger ever. And she’s a pistol. Ruth1898 is...