She's perhaps the oldest lobsterwoman in the world: Meet 102-year-old Virginia Oliver

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She's perhaps the oldest lobsterwoman in the world: Meet 102-year-old Virginia Oliver
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The Rockland, Maine, native has been traveling to the rugged coastline for 94 years.

Just one of Ginny's four children, her only daughter, is not in the lobster business. She traps with her third-born, 79-year-old Max Oliver. When the weather is good, they go out three days a week from June to October. She's very adamant that five days is just too much.Combined, the mother-son licensed team has well over 600 traps in the water. The two still use the boat of Ginny's late husband, which he named "Virginia" after the love of his life for 69 years.

'I’M GETTING A GOOD GLASS OF WHISKEY READY': GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN WORK LAST CATCH AS NOR’EASTER NEARS Ginny has taken on various types of work over the years, such as at the local printing shop where she worked for almost 19 years. She has always been drawn back to the water. According to Ginny, she started lobstering when no women ever went out. Today, quite a few females have joined the profession.

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