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	Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
		Nancy Witcher Langhorne was born in 1879 in Danville and raised in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. Her family had become impoverished due to the Civil War, but recovered its fortunes by the time Nancy was adolescent.
		Nancy Astor was a member of the conservative Tory party.
		Nancy ran for the seat vacated by her husband in the House of Commons and was elected by a substantial majority.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/astor.html (247 words)

	Nancy Witcher Astor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While Nancy Astor holds the record as the first female member of the House of Commons who actually took up her seat, she was not the first woman to be elected to the House.
		Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (May 19, 1879– May 2, 1964) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent Astor family.
		Nancy Astor died in 1964 at her daughter's home at Grimsthorpe in Lincolnshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor (4239 words)

	Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
		Astor was also a member of the Tory party (the political opposite of the Whig party), and she focused mostly on women and children's issues.
		In 1919, Waldorf and Nancy became Viscount and Viscountress, and then Nancy won a huge majority of the votes to put her in a vacated seat in the House of Commons, and was the first woman elected into the British Parliament.
		Astor retired from Parliament in 1945 and died in 1964 when she was 85 years old.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/astor.html (214 words)

	BBC - Devon Discovering Devon -
		Nancy Astor was a master of repartee, and she needed to have all her wits about her to survive in the male dominated world of politics.
		Nancy Astor also presented a priceless chain, which is worn by the the wife of incumbent Mayor on six occasions a year.
		Glamorous, fashionable, generous, witty, clever, and hugely wealthy...Nancy Astor had it all.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/discovering/famous/astors.shtml (576 words)

	Lady Nancy Astor -- Lady Nancy Astor, geb. Nancy Witcher Langhorne (Danville...
		Nancy Witcher Langhorne (Danville, 19 mei 1879- 2 mei 1964), was een Brits politica en feministe.
		Nancy Astor-Langhorne werd in Danville, Virginia (Verenigde Staten) geboren als dochter van een spoorwegmagnaat.
		Na de dood van zijn vader werd Waldorf Astor 2de burggraaf van Astor (en werd Nancy Astor automatisch burggravin Astor).
	lady-nancy-astor.nl.tracking24.net (198 words)

	MSN Encarta - Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor
		Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor (1879-1964), American-born political and social leader in Britain, born in Danville, Virginia.
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		The first woman to hold a seat in Parliament, Lady Astor remained a member until her retirement in 1945.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761571104/Astor_Nancy_Witcher_Langhorne_Viscountess_Astor.html (163 words)

	LadyAstors.shtml
		I knew that when Nancy Astor asked Neville if he took sugar in his demitasse it could mean anything from the transfer of a British diplomat in Hong Kong to a new alliance with Mussolini.
		George III got England away from the United States but by jiminy, Nancy Astor has got it back.
		Nancy Astor was on her feet in an instant.
	www.visi.com /~tomcat/poetry/LadyAstors.shtml (2127 words)

	Nancy Astor
		Nancy Astor, maiden speech in the House of Commons (1919)
		Astor was a member of the Conservative Party and represented the Sutton division of Plymouth in the House of Commons.
		Astor's maiden speech was in favour of the
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Wastor.htm (1144 words)

	Nancy Astor papers
		The papers of Waldorf, Viscount Astor are also held in the University of Reading Library Archives and Manuscripts Department (MS Copies of letters from Irene Dana Gibson, Nancy Astor and others, to their sister Phyllis (Mrs R W Brand), and other family letters for the period 1897-1935 are also held (MS 2422).
		Nancy Astor (née Langhorne) was born in Danville, Virginia on 19 May 1879.
		When her husband succeeded his father as Viscount Astor in 1919 Nancy took his place as the Conservative MP for Plymouth (Sutton Division), becoming the first woman to sit in the House of Commons.
	www.library.rdg.ac.uk /colls/special/astor.html (491 words)

	Lady Astor
		Nancy's husband succeeded his father as the second Viscount Astor of Hever Castle and he entered the House of Lords, vacating his seat in the lower House.
		She was born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, an American daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne of Danville, Virginia.
		Nancy became a candidate for her husband's vacant seat and won -- the first woman to ever hold a seat in the House of Commons.
	www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Lady_Astor.htm (434 words)

	Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Astor (of Hever Castle), Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess
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		"Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009985?tocId=9009985 (741 words)

	The Astors: Overview
		His son Waldorf Astor (1879-1952), who died in 1952, served as private secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George and as publisher of The Observer (acquired from the Harmsworths), both of which appear to have been less frightening than marriage to Nancy Astor.
		Astor gained a peerage in 1956, becoming a tax exile in 1962 after the Macmillan government introduced new death duties on the overseas holdings of British residents.
		Astor's estate in England and Wales was recorded as £416,135; assets had previously been transferred to his children.
	www.ketupa.net /astors.htm (1703 words)

	BBC - Radio4 Womanshour -Nancy Astor
		Nancy Astor was one of the five beautiful Langhorne sisters, born in Virginia, USA, whose second marriage to the millionaire Waldorf Astor brought her to London.
		Personally welcomed into the House of Commons by the prime minister himself, Nancy was soon championing women's causes such as equal rights in the civil service, votes at twenty-one and keeping the women police.
		Following his elevation to the peerage in 1919, Nancy determined to stand in the by-election that followed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/womanshour/timeline/nancy_astor.shtml (145 words)

	ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre The Archive Nancy Astor
		Nancy, Lady Astor, was born Nancy Langhorne in post-Civil War Virginia.
		Nancy is nine, one of five girls, and three boys--the children of Chiswell Langhorne, who is always known as Shilly.
		Tonight we begin a series in eight parts on the life and times of Nancy Astor--or maybe I should say--the rather devastating effect of Nancy Astor on the life and times of everybody she came in contact with.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/archive/74/74.html (499 words)

	Lady Astor Nancy Astor Famous Hostess
		As you admire John Singer Sergent’s famous portrait on her bedroom wall, it is easy imagine Nancy’s extraordinary personal magnetism and understand what a remarkable character she was.
		ady Astor was the most famous hostess in Cliveden& colourful history.
		Not only was she first the woman to become a member of parliament but she exerted enormous influence with everyone from politicians to royalty and industrialists to artists.
	www.clivedenhouse.co.uk /nancy_astor.asp (170 words)

	Waldof Astor
		Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he married Nancy Langhorne in 1906.
		Astor remained in the government and served as parliamentary secretary to the Local Government Board (January 1919 to June 1919) and parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health (June 1919 to April 1921).
		On the death of his father in 1919, Astor became a member of the House of Lords.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRastor.htm (259 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Bernard Shaw & Nancy Astor
		George Bernard Shaw and Nancy Lady Astor enjoyed a close friendship for over twenty years, from the late 1920s until Shaw’s death in 1950.
		Look for books like Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor by subject:
		Astor became concerned for Shaw’s well-being, but his letters at this point reveal his growing resentment with her suffocating attentions.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0802037526 (292 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Nancy Astor, Vigor Vitality and Cheek ~ November 28 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
		On this day in 1919, socialite Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor (1879-1964), a woman of vigor, vitality, and cheek, became the first woman in British history to sit in Parliament.
		Outspoken and strong-willed, the charismatic and charming Astor was a good friend to writer George Bernard Shaw and a social magnet for the royalty, politicians, and artists of her time.
		Earning respect for her passionate advocacy for women and child welfare, Astor was often re-elected and served in Parliament until 1945.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /112800.htm (302 words)

	The Astor Bloodline
		Nancy Astor wrote The Natural History of the Vampire and a book on the early Mason/Communist Bakunin.
		Astor became a banker, and sat on the board of 5 directors of the new national bank that Hamilton created for the U.S. government called the Bank of the United States.
		Astor also was fairly active during his life as a Freemason, holding several more key positions in the secret lodge life.
	www.thewatcherfiles.com /bloodlines/astor.htm (7507 words)

	Plymouth, Lady Nancy Astor
		Born in Danville, Virginia, USA, on May 19th 1879, Nancy Witcher Langhorne was the daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, who made his fortune in railway development.
		The Astor Institute at Mount Gould and the Virginia House Settlement on the Barbican were both instigated by Lady Astor.
		In 1906 she married another wealthy American, Waldorf Astor, who was Conservative Member of Parliament for the Sutton Division of Plymouth.
	www.plymouthdata.info /PP-AstorLady.htm (280 words)

	Nancy Langhorne Astor Biography / Biography of Nancy Langhorne Astor Biography Biography
		American-born Nancy Langhorne Astor (1879-1964) became the first woman to serve as a member of the British Parliament, a position she held from 1919 to 1945.
		Her father exerted tyrannical rule, and her mother, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, accepted his authority and the conventional feminine role.
		Born in Danville, Virginia, on May 19, 1879, Nancy Langhorne grew up in the straitened circumstances of the post-Civil War South.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-nancy-langhorne-astor (235 words)

	Lady Astor
		Nancy's husband succeeded his father as the second Viscount Astor of Hever Castle and he entered the House of Lords, vacating his seat in the lower House.
		Lady Astor - Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess (1879-1964)
		The two politicians had been at each other's throat all weekend when Lady Astor said, "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee." Whereupon Winston said, "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."
	www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Lady_Astor.htm (235 words)

	Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
		Nancy Astor was a member of the conservative Tory party.
		Nancy ran for the seat vacated by her husband in the House of Commons and was elected by a substantial majority.
		Waldorf became Viscount Astor after his father's death in 1919 and was elevated to the House of Lords.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/astor.html (235 words)

	NANCY ASTOR - A Life - Biography - By Anthony Masters - Hardback Book
		This biography examines the origins of Nancy Astor, her political career and the relationships which influenced her.
		NANCY ASTOR - A Life - Biography - By Anthony Masters - Hardback Book
		Energetic and yet often misguided, loyal and yet occasionally possessive to an alarming degree, Nancy was a woman of many contradictions.
	www.biography-clarebooks.co.uk /item3164.htm (115 words)

	Biblio: From Plymouth to Parliament: A Rhetorical History of Nancy Astor's 1919 Campaign by Karen J. Musolf: Details
		Nancy Astor, the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons, has been a fascinating subject for most of the twentieth century.
		Musolf draws upon primary sources from the Astor archives and focuses on the dynamic interplay of voices heard throughout the campaign.
		Karen Musolf reveals how Astor surmounted obstacles in creating an acceptable persona, gathering women voters, confronting opponents, chastising hecklers, and coping with an unruly press, no small obstacles for an American divorcee who married into the prominent Astor family.
	www.biblio.com /books/6307467.html (340 words)

	Nancy Astor (to Winston Churchill): If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee! Churchill: And if I were your husband I would drink it. - Reviews on RateItAll
		But even though Nancy Astor proposed an entente with Germany during WWII, she was also very critical of the Nazis and she actually supported Winston Churchill as the replacement of Neville Chamberlain in 1940.
		Nancy Astor (to Winston Churchill): If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee!
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	www.rateitall.com /i-49822-nancy-astor-to-winston-churchill-if-i-were-your-wife-i-would-put-poison-in-your-coffee-churchill-and-if-i-were-your-husband-i-would-drink-it.aspx (638 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nancy Astor
		Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor ( May 19, 1879 - May 2, 1964) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent Astor family.
		Nancy Astor then became the Conservative Party candidate in the required by-election.
		However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the Nazis, and her husband had protested to Hitler about his treatment of the Jew s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nancy-Astor (638 words)

	Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
		Astor was also a member of the Tory party (the political opposite of the Whig party), and she focused mostly on women and children's issues.
		In 1919, Waldorf and Nancy became Viscount and Viscountress, and then Nancy won a huge majority of the votes to put her in a vacated seat in the House of Commons, and was the first woman elected into the British Parliament.
		Astor retired from Parliament in 1945 and died in 1964 when she was 85 years old.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/astor.html (214 words)

	Nancy Witcher Astor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While Nancy Astor holds the record as the first female member of the House of Commons who actually took up her seat, she was not the first woman to be elected to the House.
		Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent Astor family.
		On a briefly lighter note it is generally believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a World War II speech, first referred to the men of the 8th Army fighting the Italian campaign as the D-Day Dodgers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nancy_Astor (4239 words)

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