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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 ...
5 de mai. de 2024 · The fascinating story of Nancy Astor, the first woman elected to take a seat in the British Parliament. Born in 1879, hers was a fascinating life.
24 de fev. de 2020 · After being appointed as a member of parliament for Plymouth Sutton, Nancy Astor entered the House of Commons on 1 December 1919, becoming the first female MP in British history to take a seat in parliament. She was an advocate of women’s rights, prison reform, and changes to the legal drinking age. Here we bring you the facts about her life
8 de mar. de 2020 · Nancy Astor meeting trawlermen on Plymouth Barbican, 1919 (Image: Plymouth Herald). As such she met her second husband Waldorf Astor and the two American expatriates who were coincidentally born ...
30 de nov. de 2018 · Nancy Astor became good friends with Ellen Wilkinson, Labour’s first female MP elected in 1924. In 1921, she successfully reorganised the Consultative Committee of Women’s Organisations , established by suffragists in 1916, providing a link between women’s organisations and supportive MPs, male and female, promoting networking and regular meetings.
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]
Viscountess Astor (1879–1964) was the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons. Nancy was born in Danville on May 19, 1879, to Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher (Keene )Langhorne. The Langhorne family lived in Richmond and at Mirador in Albemarle County. Her first marriage, in 1897 to Robert Gould Shaw of Boston ...
