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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

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First female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)

United KingdomPoliticiansLived 1879 to 1964 · aged 84
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia, and raised in Greenwood, Virginia.

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Nancy's childhood home, the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia.Nancy's childhood home, the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia.A contemporary view of Cliveden, Nancy Astor's country houseA contemporary view of Cliveden, Nancy Astor's country houseNancy photographed around the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor in 1906.Nancy photographed around the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor in 1906.1909 portrait of Astor by John Singer Sargent1909 portrait of Astor by John Singer SargentCharles Sims, Introduction of Lady Astor as the First Woman MP, c. 1919, The Box, PlymouthCharles Sims, Introduction of Lady Astor as the First Woman MP, c. 1919, The Box, PlymouthAstor as sketched in 1922 by Marguerite Martyn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch[26]Astor as sketched in 1922 by Marguerite Martyn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch[26]A statue at Cliveden, overlooking 42 inscribed stones dedicated to the dead of World War I. Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal's figure represents Canada with the head reputedly modelled by Lady AstorA statue at Cliveden, overlooking 42 inscribed stones dedicated to the dead of World War I. Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal's figure represents Canada with the head reputedly modelled by Lady Astor

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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia, and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to socialite Robert Gould Shaw II, was unhappy and ended in divorce. She then moved to England and married American-born Englishman Waldorf Astor in 1906.

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Lived 1879 to 1964 · aged 84
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