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Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. [ a ] [ 1 ] Astor was born in Danville , Virginia and raised in Greenwood , Virginia.
This is a list of women who have been elected as members of Parliament (MPs) ... Nancy Astor [a] Plymouth Sutton: 1919: 1945: Retired Liberal: Margaret Wintringham [b]
When her husband was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth in Lincolnshire, she moved with him from Grimsby to Louth and remained politically active. When Thomas Wintringham died in 1921, she was selected as the Liberal candidate to replace him, and on 22 September she won the 1921 Louth by-election, becoming the first ever female Liberal MP and the third woman elected to the House of ...
The longest continuous service record for a female MP is held by Harriet Harman, first elected in October 1982. The longest total service record for a female MP is held by Dame Margaret Beckett, who served for 4 years and 7 months between 1974 and 1979 and was then re-elected in June 1983. Beckett also holds the record for the longest span of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a person suspected of assaulting Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, who recently introduced a bill aimed at blocking the ...
Agnes Macphail, Canada's first Woman MP. First two women serving at the same time in a legislature anywhere in Canada: Alberta MLAs Louise McKinney and Roberta McAdams, served 1917 to 1921; First woman candidates in a federal election. Five women ran in the first federal election in which women were allowed to become candidates (1921). (Note ...
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser's proposals follow large protests against the far right in Germany in recent weeks. Germany's top security official wants easier ways to track right-wing extremist ...
Karetak-Lindell ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal candidate during the 1997 federal election in the riding of Nunavut, becoming the first female MP for the Eastern Arctic. She was re-elected in the 2000, 2004 and 2006 elections. [2] She was the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources in 2003. [2]