I am delighted to have been able to contribute two chapters to Women’s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: Not for Want of Trying which was published yesterday! I was…Read More >
Nancy Astor
Congratulations Alexis Bowater OBE!
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 >
So here we are again… sex and misogyny in Parliament by Dr Jacqui Turner
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 >
‘My early life in Virginia’ by Nancy Astor (edited by Emily Astor)
I was born in Danville Virginia and had three brothers and four sisters , all of whom I adored Lizzie was the eldest , she had pretty eyes and lovely…Read More >
Nancy Astor’s early life in Virginia by James Langhorne
We are delighted to welcome James Langhorne as our guest blogger, James is based in Virginia and is Nancy Astor’s cousin. Here, James describes Nancy Astor’s early life in Virginia….Read More >
TWO NEW ARTICLES!! By Dr Janet Smith and Professor Yvonne Gilligan for OLH Special Collection: Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain
We are delighted to announce TWO NEW ARTICLES by Janet Smith and Yvonne Galligan in the long needed ‘go to’ collection on Nancy Astor that is now live at the…Read More >
NEW ARTICLE!! By Professor Krista Cowman for OLH Special Collection: Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain
We are delighted to announce a new article by Krista Cowman in the long needed ‘go to’ collection on Nancy Astor that is now live at the Open Library of…Read More >
TWO NEW articles!! Helen Glew, ‘In a Minority in Male Spaces: The Networks, Relationships and Collaborations between Women MPs and Women Civil Servants, 1919–1955’ and Esther Breitenbach, ‘Scottish Women and Political Representation in the UK and Scottish Parliaments (1918–2020)’
We are delighted to announce TWO new articles by Helen Glew and Esther Breitenbach in the long needed ‘go to’ collection on Nancy Astor that is now live at the…Read More >
NEW ARTICLE!! By Dr Mari Takayanagi for OLH Special Collection: Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain
We are delighted to announce another new article in the long needed ‘go to’ collection on Nancy Astor that is now live at the Open Library of Humanities. The Special…Read More >
NEW ARTICLE by Lisa Berry-Waite!! OLH Special Collection: Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain
We are delighted to announce another new article in the long needed ‘go to’ collection on Nancy Astor that is now live at the Open Library of Humanities. The Special…Read More >