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THE LONG READ: Nancy Astor – pioneering, problematic and feminist by default

Posted on
28 November 2018

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 >

American tennis, coconut shies and Millicent Fawcett – a garden party I’d like to have attended.

Posted on
19 July 201824 April 2023

90 years ago this week, Nancy Astor, the first female British MP to take her seat, held a garden party at Cliveden House to celebrate the passing of the Act…Read More >

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