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 seat in the House of Commons in 1919. But what has changed for women in politics in the 100+ years since? @UniRdg_History’s Dr Jacqui Turner discusses Astor’s legacy and the challenges female MPs still face now. #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/Lb0zmJfXXb” / Twitter

To learn more about Nancy Astor please visit our web pages ‘Nancy Astor and Gendered Interwar Politics’ https://research.reading.ac.uk/astor100/

For further reading see Open Library of Humanities,  Special Collection: ‘Nancy Astor, Public Women and Gendered Political Culture in Interwar Britain’  https://olh.openlibhums.org/collections/414/

You can find out more about accessing the Nancy Astor Papers at the University of Reading Special Collections  Astor, Nancy (politician) – Collections – Special Collections (reading.ac.uk)

Dr Jacqui Turner’s profile at the University of Reading can be found here https://www.reading.ac.uk/history/our-staff/jacqui-turner