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 >
News and Events
The latest news and events from the Astor project.
Nancy Astor: A Mother in the House by Dr Jacqui Turner
Blog post from The History of Parliament by Dr Jacqui Turner from the University of Reading and PhD student, Kate Meanwell, discussing Nancy Astor’s role as a mother to her five children as…Read More >
Taking #Astor100 Research to Westminster by Rachel Newton
Rachel Newton was one of two Reading undergraduates to take their research to Westminster last week for the annual Posters in Parliament event. Here she tells us about spending her…Read More >
Astor Sculptor chosen
The installation of a statue commemorating Nancy Astor, the first woman to take her seat in the UK Parliament moved a step closer this week when a designer was chosen…Read More >
Britain’s first woman to sit in Parliament celebrated with centenary programme
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 >
THE LONG READ: Nancy Astor – pioneering, problematic and feminist by default by Professor Julie Gottlieb and Dr Jacqui Turner
Today is the 99th anniversary of Lady Nancy Astor’s election to Parliament in a by-election in Plymouth, becoming the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons….Read More >
PRESS RELEASE 02 November: Statue Crowd Funder Launch – UK Prime Minister backs campaign
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 >
