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The latest news and events from the Astor project.

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My summer in the Astor Papers by Courtney Murch

Posted on
10th September 2024

My summer researching the archives and papers of the first female MP to take her seat in parliament: Nancy Astor and her role in the 1928 Equal Franchise Act at…Read More >

My summer in the Astor Papers by Courtney Murch

Women firsts in Cabinet: A long view

Posted on
17th July 2024

Labour have won a historic landslide in the 2024 general election, but it is also a historic moment for women in parliament as Rachel Reeves becomes the first female Chancellor…Read More >

Women firsts in Cabinet: A long view

‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’

Posted on
29th August 202329th August 2023

I am delighted that an article ‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’ by Julie Gottlieb (Professor of Modern…Read More >

‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’

Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss

Posted on
4th April 20234th April 2023

Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss First posted on March 31, 2023 by readinghistory…Read More >

Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss

Women’s History Month: Jacqui Turner on ‘Nancy Astor’s Legacy’

Posted on
4th April 20234th April 2023

Many thanks to the University of Reading for this short film on ‘Nancy Astor’s Legacy’: Uni of Reading on Twitter: “Nancy Astor was the first woman MP to take her…Read More >

Women’s History Month:  Jacqui Turner on ‘Nancy Astor’s Legacy’

‘Piety, Sobriety and Variety’: the first three female MPs to arrive at Westminster by Jacqui Turner

Posted on
14th March 202314th March 2023

First posted by Connecting Research on 14 March 2023 Much has been written about Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to parliament at the general election 1918 and Nancy Astor,…Read More >

‘Piety, Sobriety and Variety’: the first three female MPs to arrive at Westminster by Jacqui Turner

Congratulations Dr Melanie Khuddro!

Posted on
10th March 2023

Announcement Here at the History Department at the University of Reading we are delighted to announce that our Astor100 stalwart and PhD researcher, Melanie Khuddro is now Dr Melanie Khuddro…Read More >

Congratulations Dr Melanie Khuddro!

History, Gaming and Churchill’s “Promise” by Abbie Tibbott

Posted on
8th March 20238th March 2023

Tucked away in a time-shift segment of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is a short conversation between the playable character, Lydia Frye, and Winston Churchill. Whilst playing the game, this short exchange…Read More >

History, Gaming and Churchill’s “Promise” by Abbie Tibbott

Congratulations Alexis Bowater OBE!

Posted on
10th June 2022

The whole of the Astor100 team were delighted and extraordinarily proud to hear the news that the Alexis Bowater, Chair of the Nancy Astor Statue Committee received an OBE in…Read More >

Congratulations Alexis Bowater OBE!

So here we are again… sex and misogyny in Parliament by Dr Jacqui Turner

Posted on
25th April 2022

So here we are again, after a weekend of press and parliamentary misogyny, the subsequent outrage will inevitably simmer down and go away until the next time…and the next time……Read More >

So here we are again… sex and misogyny in Parliament  by Dr Jacqui Turner

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