CUNTIS: At 101 years old, Josefina Villaverde is launching her political career. She is fighting as the Socialist Party candidate in Cuntis, a Galician village in northwest Spain, for municipal elections on May 22.
Born November 19, 1909, Villaverde is alert and keen, canvassing the streets of her home town with fellow candidates and handing out the campaign promise "Winning for Cuntis".
Wearing a smile and short white hair, she remembers casting a ballot at the age of 24 in the local school on November 19, 1933, the first election open to women after parliament gave its approval two years earlier.
Her husband had handed her the ballot at the school entrance as a form of birthday gift.
"He gave it to me, I entered and I put it in the urn. That was the first time women voted in Spain. And I was there," she told.
Among today's politicians, she backs Defence Minister Carme Chacon because she is a woman. "Women for power," she said. (AFP)
Born November 19, 1909, Villaverde is alert and keen, canvassing the streets of her home town with fellow candidates and handing out the campaign promise "Winning for Cuntis".
Wearing a smile and short white hair, she remembers casting a ballot at the age of 24 in the local school on November 19, 1933, the first election open to women after parliament gave its approval two years earlier.
Her husband had handed her the ballot at the school entrance as a form of birthday gift.
"He gave it to me, I entered and I put it in the urn. That was the first time women voted in Spain. And I was there," she told.
Among today's politicians, she backs Defence Minister Carme Chacon because she is a woman. "Women for power," she said. (AFP)