Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor Quotes

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

Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) 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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Birth Name: Nancy Witcher Astor

Native Name: Nancy Astor

Alternative Names: Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor • Lady Astor • Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor • Nannie Langhorne • Nancy Langhorne • Viscountess Astor Nancy (Witcher) Astor

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