indignantly, “Mr. Churchill, what do you think I am?” with the reply, “Lady, we have established what you are, we are just negotiating price.” The Federal Communications Commission finds itself in the ...
A Century After Lady Astor Took Her Seat in Parliament, How Have British Politics Changed for Women?
A century ago, Nancy Astor made the train journey from her constituency in Plymouth, a city on the coast of southwest England, to London. There, on Dec. 1, 1919, she took her seat in Parliament — the ...
A complex character and central to the so-called Cliveden set, Nancy Astor rose to be a prominent politician and society hostess after she was the first woman to take a seat in Parliament. The ...
In February 1955, Lady Astor (Nancy Langhorne Astor) visited lifelong friends Mr. and Mrs. Saunders Hobson at their home on Monument Avenue. Lady Astor was born in Danville but in 1905 moved to ...
The American-born Lady Astor was the first woman to take a seat in the British Parliament. A century later, her legacy is still being debated. By Stephen Castle PLYMOUTH, England — When women finally ...
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