Nancy Astor (1879-1964) Viscountess Astor, CH
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19th May 1879 - 2nd May 1964) was the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat. She was an American citizen who moved to England at age 26. She made a second marriage to Waldorf Astor as a young woman in England. After he succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords, she entered politics, in 1919 winning his former seat in Plymouth and becoming the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons.[Note 1] Her first husband was an American citizen, Robert Gould Shaw II, and they divorced. She served in Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down.
Видео Nancy Astor (1879-1964) Viscountess Astor, CH канала George Pollen
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