It’s 1875.
There are 38 states in the US.
Queen Victoria rules the UK.
The Eiffel Tower won’t be built for another 12 years.
The Empire State Building – not for another 50!
The average life expectancy for a 19th-century female is about 45 years.
One woman, born this year, will nearly triple that.
Her name is Jeanne Louise Calment… She was born in Arles, France, right at the beginning of the global industrial boom.
She was a year old when the telephone was invented.
