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28 de nov. de 2018 · Today is the 99 th anniversary of Lady Nancy Astor’s election to Parliament in a by-election in Plymouth, becoming the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. This milestone is being marked with #Astor100: an ambitious series of public events, learning resources, and the erection of a statue in her Plymouth constituency.
Nancy Witcher Astor, geboren als Nancy Witcher Langhorne ( Danville (Virginia), 19 mei 1879 - Grimsthorpe, 2 mei 1964) was een Britse politica en feministe van Amerikaanse komaf. Astor werd geboren als dochter van een spoorweg magnaat. In 1897 trouwde zij met Robert Gould Shaw bij wie zij een zoon kreeg. In 1903 scheidde zij van hem en vertrok ...
1 de jul. de 2020 · Nancy Astor was the first woman elected to the House of Commons, in 1919. She succeeded her husband in his Plymouth constituency when he inherited a seat in the House of Lords, so avoided the discrimination which for decades prevented the selection of many women for winnable seats. She was not a suffragist, or, when elected, a feminist, but the hostility of many men, in and out of parliament ...
24 de fev. de 2020 · By Jennifer Scott,BBC News political reporter. In 1919, Lady Nancy Astor became the first woman to sit in Parliament. It is now commonplace to think of a woman speaking out in Parliament - even if ...
Nancy Astor was born Nancy Witcher Langhorne on May 19, 1879, in Danville, Virginia, in the United States. Her mother was Nancy Witcher Keene, and her father was Chiswell Dabney Langhorne. The former business of her father had depended at least in part upon slave labor and had been badly damaged by the effects of the American Civil War .
Astor, Nancy Witcher (1879–1964) First woman member of the House of Commons, who was known for her iconoclastic wit and the many controversies into which she entered. Name variations: Lady Astor, Nancy Viscountess Astor. Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne on May 19, 1879, at Danville, Virginia; died on May 2, 1964, at Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire ...
Nancy Withcerin toinen aviomies oli Waldorf Astor. Kun tämä peri isansä aatelisarvon ja siten menetti paikkansa Plymouthin edustajana alahuoneessa, Nancy asettui unionistien ehdokkaaksi ja sai paikan murskaavalla ääntenenemmistöllä vuoden 1919 vaaleissa. [1]
