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15 de mai. de 2024 · Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (born May 19, 1879, Danville, Virginia, U.S.—died May 2, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England) was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, known in public and private life for her great energy and wit.
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15 de mai. de 2024 · Nancy Astor would have been 145 on 19 May. One of the best ways of understanding her is to revisit her great-nephew James Fox’s brilliant collective biography of Nancy and her family, The Langhorne Sisters (1998). He could as easily have used the title of his previous book, White Mischief.
25 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. From straitened beginnings in the Civil War ...
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Há 2 dias · Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, who was married to Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, became the first woman in the House of Commons in the chamber's history in 1919.
13 de mai. de 2024 · The mystery behind a modern masterpiece. A question mark has always surrounded the pose in which John Singer Sargent chose to paint society hostess Nancy Astor, now x-ray scans may finally...
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28 de mai. de 2024 · But it was her two aunts, Nancy Lancaster and Nancy Astor (often referred to as “the Two Nancys”), who Jane credits with significantly influencing her life as a woman, hostess and interior designer.
Há 4 dias · It was not until 1919 that Nancy Astor was elected for the Conservatives at a by-election, to be joined by Margaret Wintringham who came to represent the Liberal Party by the same route.
