24th November 2022

The Guardian: A century after women got the vote, many people are still disenfranchised

“It was not until the 2015 election, at the age of 83, that Barbara finally used that right [to vote]. Until then she thought she was barred because of her learning disability.”

“Her belief that universal suffrage didn’t extend to people such as her is not uncommon…After studying Easy Read manifestos produced by each of the political parties online, Waterman was supported to cast her vote for the first time in 2015, then again in June 2017.”