'A real inspiration’: Oldest living Marine casts ballot in Kannapolis, shares voting memories at...

Sgt. Dorothy “Dot” Cole has lived through more than a century’s worth of historical milestones.

One of those most prominent moments was the Woman’s Suffrage Movement, when women fought for the right to vote in this country.

Cole was 7 years old when women were legally permitted to cast their ballots, exactly 100 years ago, in 1920. That’s when Warren G. Harding won the presidential election.

She’s now 107 years old and is documented as the oldest living U.S. Marine in the nation.