In 1920, women in the U.S. were given the right to vote, Warren Harding was elected the 29th president, movies were silent and televisions didn’t yet exist, the American Civil Liberties Union was founded, Agatha Christie’s first novel was published, and American football became a professional sport.

Later that year, on Oct. 27, Catherine “Kate” Scales was born in Jersey City, but as she grew a slight problem arose – she was allergic to regular milk.

“I didn’t like regular milk anyway,” she recently said, bursting with laughter, from her home on North Lakeshore Drive…