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Celebrating 100 years of women in Parliament

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6 December 201919 December 2019

On 28 November 1919, Nancy Astor was elected to Parliament, becoming the first female MP to take her seat. A century on, a train named in her honour took VIP…Read More >

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

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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 >

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