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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. ... This is a list of women who have been elected as members of Parliament ... Nancy Astor [a] Plymouth Sutton: 1919: ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon (September 29, 1920 – January 8, 2025) became the first African American in the regular United States Army Nurse Corps in March 1948 after it was desegregated. [ 1 ] Biography
Nancy Campbell-Panitz was beaten and choked by ex-husband Ralf Panitz in July 2000, shortly after her episode of The Jerry Springer Show, in which she was confronted by her ex and his new wife, ...
'Someone who was special' Harris, 59, and Pelosi, 84, come from different political generations, but both have bridged San Francisco’s long activist tradition and its old-school local Democratic ...
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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of the first female members of parliament in each country and territory. Princess Isabel of Brazil could have become the first female parliamentarian in 1871, as the Brazilian constitution reserved a seat in the Senate for the heir presumptive to the throne once they reached 25 years of age.