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Bessie Le Cras – counting agent for Nancy Astor – By Oonagh Gay

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18th November 201919th November 2019

28 November 2019 marks the hundredth anniversary of the election of Nancy Astor as the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons, following a closely…Read More >

Bessie Le Cras – counting agent for Nancy Astor – By Oonagh Gay

Astor’s agent: the professional career of Christopher Briggs – by Dr Kathryn Rix

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11th November 201911th November 2019

Nancy Astor’s election agent, Christopher George Briggs was one of a new breed of agents who established the National Society of Conservative Agents. Here,  Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of…Read More >

Astor’s agent: the professional career of Christopher Briggs – by Dr Kathryn Rix

THE NANCY ASTOR STATUE APPEAL – How history is being made again – By Alexis Bowater

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1st November 20191st November 2019

“TO be honest with you, we never thought you’d do it,” said many, after we’d smashed our Crowdfunder. Indeed so many that I wondered why not one had said a…Read More >

THE NANCY ASTOR STATUE APPEAL – How history is being made again – By Alexis Bowater

Almost there… the bronze statue takes shape – 11 October 2019

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24th October 201924th October 2019

It’s now less than six weeks until the moment we’ll install a bronze statue of Nancy Astor on Plymouth Hoe to commemorate the first female MP to take her seat…Read More >

Britain’s first woman to sit in Parliament celebrated with centenary programme

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28th November 201826th September 2019

PRESS RELEASE:  27 November 2018 A year-long series of activities and public events celebrating Britain’s first woman to sit in Parliament has launched, leading up to the centenary of her election…Read More >

Britain’s first woman to sit in Parliament celebrated with centenary programme

PRESS RELEASE 02 November: Statue Crowd Funder Launch – UK Prime Minister backs campaign

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2nd November 201826th September 2019

UK PRIME MINISTER BACKS CAMPAIGN TO RAISE A STATUE TO LADY NANCY ASTOR Release Date 02 November 2018 UK Prime Minister Theresa May has backed a campaign to erect a…Read More >

PRESS RELEASE 02 November: Statue Crowd Funder Launch – UK Prime Minister backs campaign

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