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     1959: Panorama: Nancy Astor

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     Nancy Astor: the first woman to sit in the House of Commons 1919-1945

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     Nancy Astor: First Steps Towards a Better Balanced World

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2. www.youtube.com › watchToday in History: Nancy Astor's Remarkable Journey ... - YouTube

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   Step back in time with us as we delve into the fascinating life of Nancy Astor, an American-born English socialite who shattered the glass ceiling to become ...

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   Biographies: Bringing Real People and Real History to Life Nancy Astor The first woman to take up a seat in Britain’s House of Commons, Lady Astor was actually an American, born Nancy...

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   100 years ago today, British politics changed forever. Nancy Astor became the first woman to sit in the UK House of Commons, just one year after women...

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5. www.youtube.com › watchNancy Astor interview, Panorama 1959 - YouTube

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   Superb interview and responses in the face of some very old-fashioned attitudes. Owned by the BBC, no copyright infringement intended, only aim is to have it...

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6. www.plymouthherald.co.uk › news › historyThe inspiring but inconvenient truth of Nancy Astor's legacy

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   Mar 8, 2020 · While Nancy Astor was famously the first female MP to take her seat in parliament she was not the first woman elected.

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   Who is Nancy Astor?

   • A statue to Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, was unveiled in Plymouth yesterday by former Prime Minister Theresa May. The statue, by artist Hayley Gibbs and cast in bronze, stands outside 3 Elliot Terrace, the former Plymouth Hoe home of Lady Astor and her husband Waldorf.

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   What did Mrs may say about Nancy Astor?

   • In her speech, Mrs May said: “When Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat, our country and our democracy were changed for the better. “Her election finally gave a voice to a huge swath of the population who for too long had been missing from our politics and our lawmaking.”

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   Who did Nancy Astor marry?

   • The finishing school educated Nancy began her integration into US high society and ended up marrying an American Socialite by the name of Robert Gould Shaw II. He's probably more of a footnote in the Nancy Astor story as they divorced after six years, but not before having a son together rather imaginatively named Robert Gould Shaw III.

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   What does the inscription on the 'Nancy Astor' statue mean?

   • The inscription on the statue’s plinth reads: “Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer – into a selflessness which links us all with humanity.” An all-female crew brought the “Nancy Astor” Intercity Express Train into Plymouth yesterday.

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   Nov 29, 2019 · A statue to Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, was unveiled in Plymouth yesterday by former Prime Minister Theresa May. The statue, by artist Hayley Gibbs...