A look at what 65 looks like through the years | 1870s: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Happy Birthday! 65 Through the Years

Formerly retirement age, 65 has gone from being the new 60 to the new 45—depending on whom you consult of course.Here are other memorable 65th birthdays – judge for yourself where 65 sits on the spectrum: The same? Or a whole new ball game?

By: Gerit Quealy

January 3, 2011

Source: Engraving by HB Hall; Hulton Archive/Getty

Whoa, you've come a long way Baby Boomer. True, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815, is not quite 65 here (about 61) — it's tough to find images of people at exact ages before the proliferation of the paparazzi. She was an author, editor, and early crusader and spokesperson for women's rights, and lived to the ripe age of 87, although not long enough to see her dream of a woman's right to vote (1920).

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