{"id":826,"date":"2020-03-23T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/?p=826"},"modified":"2020-08-07T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T10:47:18","slug":"historical-desert-island-discs-nancy-astor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/historical-desert-island-discs-nancy-astor\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Desert Island Discs: Nancy Astor by Dr Jacqui Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The History Department at University of Reading are embarking on a new blog series \u2013 historical Desert Island Discs. You can find the series via twitter @UniRdg_History or directly on the Reading History blog\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unireadinghistory.com\/\">https:\/\/unireadinghistory.com\/<\/a> We couldn\u2019t resist doing our own Desert Island Discs for Nancy Astor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-681 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Unorganized\/3-pics-of-Nancy-Astor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Unorganized\/3-pics-of-Nancy-Astor.png 553w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Unorganized\/3-pics-of-Nancy-Astor-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cast away on our desert island (something that she would absolutely have hated) is <strong>Viscountess Nancy Astor,<\/strong> the first woman to take her seat in the British Parliament. Nancy succeeded her husband Waldorf Astor as Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton in 1919, becoming the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. She continued to represent the Plymouth Sutton constituency until her retirement in 1945.<\/p>\n<p>But less about the politics and more about the music:<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Girl (1977) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TOM PETTY &amp; THE HEARTBREAKERS - American Girl  (1978 UK TV Performance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12_RbUfdpW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>\u2018Raised on promises\/ She couldn&#8217;t help thinkin&#8217; that there\/ Was a little more to life Somewhere else \u2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nancy was born and bred in Virginia. After a disastrous first marriage she set sail in 1904 to \u2018do the English season\u2019. A charming, witty and keen horsewoman she made a great impression. When asked if she was after a rich British husband she replied &#8220;if you knew the trouble I had getting rid of mine you would know I don&#8217;t want yours&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Party Girl (1979) Elvis Costello and The Attractions<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Party Girl  ELVIS COSTELLO  AND THE ATTRACTIONS\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYQHIZnTpCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>\u2018They say you&#8217;re nothing but a party girl\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To many Nancy was a surprising and disappointing first woman in Parliament because she was known primarily as a society hostess who had supported her husband\u2019s political career. She had never been an active feminist or part of the suffrage movement. No one expected family connections or elitism to secure the first seat for a woman. However, Astor always claimed that she was \u2018as good a feminist as anyone\u2019 and women turned to her in droves as she pursued legislation for women and children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sober (2008) Pink<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"P!NK - &#039;Sober&#039; [American Music Awards 2008]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOG-tclKlDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>\u2018How do I feel this good sober?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nancy was voraciously teetotal and said \u2018One reason I don\u2019t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time\u2019. On 24 February 1920 Nancy gave her Maiden Speech on the vexed question of drink. It took some courage to stand alone in a belligerent Chamber of men and advocate for the continuance of wartime restrictions on drink but she did. Subsequently, she introduced the first Bill by a woman, the Intoxicating Liquor Bill in 1923, which remains the reason that we all have to wait until we are 18 to drink alcohol today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharp Tongue (2015) Fightstar<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fightstar | Sharp Tongue\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PJxGrStt5ws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>\u2018Can you sharpen your tongue kid\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nancy was famous or infamous for her wit and repartee. This was often on display in the House of Commons and on the hustings but her family didn\u2019t escape either &#8211; she signed letters to her father, \u201cAffectionately the battle Ax \u201cand \u201cthough I\u2019ve the tongue of a shrew, and many vices, I adore my cranky old Pa\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men Explain Things To Me (2016) Tacocat\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Men Explain Things to Me\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1w2ci2C86Fk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Explain it to me again\/ Though I know all about\/ The words you&#8217;re spitting out\/ The floor is yours without a doubt.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nancy was often rebuked for her audible commentaries on other MPs questions, responses and speeches on the floor of the House of Commons. Frequently, this was her annoyance at what we might call \u2018man-splaining\u2019. She found it difficult to listen to men pontificating at length on issues relating to women, hmmmmm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1965) The Animals<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Animals ~ Don&#039;t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1965)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vstNm5xzuKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I&#8217;m just a soul whose intentions are good, Oh Lord please don&#8217;t let me be misunderstood\u2019<\/em><br \/>\nNancy wasn\u2019t without her own unpalatable views, but some of these charges against her require more nuance than this blog will allow though others have become legends that is difficult to shake. Many biographical accounts of Nancy focus on her personal character flaws though these are most often highly gendered and in relation to her deficiencies as a wife and mother \u2013 all written by men by the way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The In Crowd (1974) Bryan Ferry<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bryan Ferry  -  The In Crowd\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rr63Bexo8z8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>\u2018They make way day or night\/ They know the &#8216;in&#8217; crowd is out of sight\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The alleged \u2018Cliveden Set\u2019 was certainly the \u2018in\u2019 crowd; allegedly they were a group of influential people who supported appeasement and used their wealth, connections and ownership of newspapers to subvert government policy. This was a claim which Nancy called a \u2018terrible lie\u2019 and the idea of Cliveden as the centre of an upper class conspiracy to impose appeasement has been discredited.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t Let&#8217;s Be Beastly To The Germans (1943) Noel Coward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noel Coward - Don&#039;t Let&#039;s Be Beastly To The Germans\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wveW9Tw2JKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Lets give them full air parity, And treat the rats with charity\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Initially Nancy supported appeasement, as did many people at that time, especially the upper classes who saw fascism as the only real alternative to the threat of communism, she even stated this in her election address. However, she was whole-hearted in her support for the war effort, especially within her naval constituency of Plymouth Sutton. Nancy Astor and Ribbentrop got on so badly that she ended up on a Nazi list of people to be arrested in the event of a German invasion. By the latter stages of the War all 4 of her sons were abroad on active duty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nancy has been given <em>The Complete Works of Shakespeare<\/em> and <em>the Bible<\/em> though I am not altogether convinced that she would have voraciously read the former. Her choice of book? As a committed Christian Scientist it would have to be <em>Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy<\/em> &#8211; keeping body and soul intact!<\/p>\n<p>Luxury item: Hat and gloves. Nancy was never knowingly seen without either! Would also remind her of all of those arguments in Parliament over hats!\u00a0 Or maybe her statue \u2026 standing outside her constituency home on beautiful Plymouth Hoe looking out towards Virginia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-704\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Unorganized\/statue-feet-1.jpg\" alt=\"close up of feet of Nancy Astor statue on Plymouth hoe\" width=\"588\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Unorganized\/statue-feet-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Unorganized\/statue-feet-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bronze statue of Nancy Astor was unveiled by Teresa May MP on 28 November 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The History Department at University of Reading are embarking on a new blog series \u2013 historical Desert Island Discs. 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