With her selection in 2019, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg becomes the youngest individual ever to be named TIME’s Person of the Year. While the franchise has a long record of recognizing the power of young people, the editors have never before selected a teenager. Before 2019, the previous individual to hold the record for youngest Person of the Year was the first Person of the Year in TIME’s history: 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, selected as most influential man of 1927. Lindbergh’s age was, to many, inseparable from his place in the world.