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Nancy Astor (1879–1964)

American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament.Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1879
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Astor's first husband was American Robert Gould Shaw II; the couple separated after four years and divorced in 1903. She moved to England and married Waldorf Astor. After her husband succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords, she entered politics as a member of the Conservative Party and won his former seat of Plymouth Sutton in 1919, becoming the first woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons.[a] She served in Parliament until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down. Astor has been criticised for her antisemitism and sympathetic view of Nazism.
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Viscountess Astor LCCN2014713600

Viscountess Astor LCCN2014713600

Title: Viscountess Astor Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Nancy Reagan and Oscar de la Renta Attending the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Dinner Honoring Brooke Astor at The Carlyle Hotel in New York City

Nancy Reagan and Oscar de la Renta Attending the Council of Fashion De...

Reagan White House Photographs Public domain photograph - White house, President of the United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nancy-Astor-Viscountess-Astor

Nancy-Astor-Viscountess-Astor

Depicted person: Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor – first female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)

Nancy Viscountess Astor by John Singer Sargent

Nancy Viscountess Astor by John Singer Sargent

Portrait of Mrs. Waldorf Astor, nee Nancy Langhorne (1879-1964). Public domain photograph of 20th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lord and Lady Astor - Public domain portrait photograph

Lord and Lady Astor - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (1879-1964) arriving in New York City on the Olympic on April 19, 1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017 and New York Times, April 20, 192... More

Lady Astor welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Lady Astor, the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia and now a member of the British Parliament, received a warm welcome when she looked in on the United States Senate today. In the photograph, left to right: Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Senator Hattie Caraway, Lady Astor, Senator Harry Byrd, Senator Key Pittman, and Senator Claude A. Pepper, 12738

Lady Astor welcomed at Capitol. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Lady Astor,...

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More

Lady Astor, George Grantham Bain Collection

Lady Astor, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (1879-1964) arriving in New York City on the Olympic on April 19, 1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017 and New York Times, April 20, 192... More

Sims--Lady Astor--First Woman MP--1919--The Box Plymouth

Sims--Lady Astor--First Woman MP--1919--The Box Plymouth

Charles Sims, Introduction of Lady Astor as the First Woman MP, c. 1919, The Box, Plymouth

Mary of Teck 2

Mary of Teck 2

Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GB Shaw with Nancy Astor c.1917. (22156740354)
Lady Astor Being Introduced to the House of Commons by Lloyd George upon Taking Her Seat

Lady Astor Being Introduced to the House of Commons by Lloyd George up...

Frederick Hawkesworth Sinclair Shepherd. Lady Astor Being Introduced to the House of Commons by Lloyd George upon Taking Her Seat. The Box - Plymouth City Council

Lady Astor's Election Campaign, 1919. (22759055026)

Lady Astor's Election Campaign, 1919. (22759055026)

TWL/2004/305 Public domain photograph of politician, meeting, government and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viscountess Astor - Public domain portrait print
Well," replied mammy, "de worl' is callin' my Miss Nancy Lady Astor now, but she warn't no lady 'twell she ma'ied de lord frum de tuther side - She wuz jes' plain Nannie Langhorne!"

Well," replied mammy, "de worl' is callin' my Miss Nancy Lady Astor no...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Lady Astor, George Grantham Bain Collection

Lady Astor, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (1879-1964) arriving in New York City on the Olympic on April 19, 1922. Photographers with cameras and men with film cameras surround her. (Sou... More

Ladyastor M-cropped

Ladyastor M-cropped

Lady Astor Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lord and Lady Astor - Public domain portrait photograph

Lord and Lady Astor - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (1879-1964) arriving in New York City on the Olympic on April 19, 1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017 and New York Times, April 20, 192... More

Lord and Lady Astor - Public domain portrait photograph

Lord and Lady Astor - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (1879-1964) arriving in New York City on the Olympic on April 19, 1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017 and New York Times, April 20, 192... More

Winston Churchill is cheered by workers during a visit to bomb-damaged Plymouth, 2 May 1941. H9265

Winston Churchill is cheered by workers during a visit to bomb-damaged...

Winston Churchill is cheered by workers during a visit to bomb-damaged Plymouth, 2 May 1941. Winston Churchill is cheered by workers during a visit to bomb damaged Plymouth on 2 May 1941. The Prime Minister wa... More

Two views of Nancy Astor, sketched in 1922 by Marguerite Martyn

Two views of Nancy Astor, sketched in 1922 by Marguerite Martyn

Two views of Nancy Astor, sketched in 1922 by Marguerite Martyn for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Robert Gould Shaw III - Public domain portrait drawing

Robert Gould Shaw III - Public domain portrait drawing

Charcoal drawing - Shoulder length portrait of Robert Gould Shaw III in uniform (thought to be The Blues and Royals), 22ins x 16.5ins, signed along the top and dated 1923. Gift of lady Nancy Astor to Mr. Rober... More

Miss Nannie Langhorne, portrait sketch

Miss Nannie Langhorne, portrait sketch

Portrait sketch of Miss Nannie Langhorne (later Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor)