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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.
1 1918 to 1935. 2 1935 to 1950. 3 1950 to 1965. ... List of female members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. ... Nancy Astor [a] Plymouth Sutton: 1919: ...
The term was used to refer to Harman for the remainder of her Parliamentary career, after which time Abbott became Mother of the House following her re-election as an MP on 4 July 2024. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Historically, the term was also used by MP Noel Billing in 1920 in reference to Nancy Astor who had been elected as the first female MP to take up ...
Nancy Leonard is featured in a video program for her husband's celebration of life, Indiana Pacers legend Bobby "Slick" Leonard on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in ...
Wurmbea dioica is a herb that typically grows to a height of 3.5–40 cm (1.4–15.7 in) and has three linear to thread-like or tapering leaves 10–350 mm (0.39–13.78 in) long and 0.2–6 mm (0.0079–0.2362 in) wide with a sheathing base. Individual plants may have male-only, female-only or both male and female flowers and sometimes ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi strode into the Capitol on Thursday morning dressed in a suffragist-white pantsuit, flanked by top aides as her filmmaker daughter, Alexandra, who has for three decades ...
Nancy Ann Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American retired actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster ...
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...