Nancy Astor (1879-1964) Viscountess Astor, CH

[@Joseph-dw5ge]

Astor: if I were married to you I'd poison your coffee Churchill: if I were married to you I'd drink it

[@splinterbyrd]

Another story is of Astor campaigning door to door in Plymouth, and for security the Party sent a naval captain with her. They called at one house and a little boy answered the door. When Lady Astor asked "Young man is your mother at home?" he replied "No, but she said if the lady with the sailor arrives tell them they can use the attic room and it's 7/6 for the night."

[@wendymudkins668]

I admire Nancy so much what a strong vibrant vivacious woman who knew what she wanted out of life and was not afraid to go for it

[@joannephillips6781]

Nancy Witcher Langborne Astor and I are cousins through our mutual 12x great grandfather Seth Ward. I enjoyed learning about her political views and where she stood on issues affecting women and society. Thank you very much.

[@KitchenPolitics123TV]

Cool Joanne Phillips. Very cool

[@Carol-D.1324]

Joanne Phillips Awesome! What a 12x’s history! 🥰

[@marinazagrai1623]

@Fly by night You get DNA tests, get the answers, and go on from there. Someone in the family knows the history of the family. I am neutral about celebrities (they are just like you and I, with a colorful history and a bit more money) but I watched a scene on "Who Do You Think You Are" on Brooke Shields and it turns out she descends from British and French royalty (I'm talking Baroness, with no property over there).

[@frisco21]

I, too, count Seth Ward among my ancestors. Truth is, he has thousands of descendants, so being connected to him is nothing particularly special. Being related to someone through the filter of twelve generations stretches the meaning of "related" to the maximum.

[@fossehigh]

@@frisco21 it matters not. But it’s a great story to tell over dinner!

[@jillr5777]

so glad to see her personal maid, Rose. She wrote a wonderful book about her time with Lady Astor.

[@Sunshine-nq6wv]

She seemed a very strong minded lady and I admire her for her courage in operating in such a male dominated environment. Women had not long had the vote and the old boy network was alway's going to make life difficult for her.

[@omfug7148]

hahahaha-->"tell me more about yourself" oh that is so perfect.

[@rhonda5056]

YES

[@pamelahomeyer748]

Every man in that chamber married for money or title yet still they accuse her

[@MilaJohansen]

She was an amazing women, especially for the times that were not always friendly to women. She came from a modest household in Virginia. Women in England did not even get the vote until 1928. Here in U.S., we celebrate the 100th anniversary of getting the vote on August 18, 2020. Check out my upcoming book about Jessie Haver Butler, here on the front lines and here friendship with Lady Astor across the "Pond."

[@fioname3495]

Well said! 🙏✌🏼❤️

[@MultiSirens]

Hip hip hooray! I laughed her last comment! Too funny and too true!

[@nananaannncy404]

I did the same.

[@gordonsmom3861]

That last comment was priceless!

[@Tash-001]

im going to try that : )

[@unrulysue6927]

@@Tash-001 , do try it. You will be amazed at how well it works!

[@justme8837]

it is so true, men love flattery and talking about themselves lol

[@gibadias1637]

Such an extraordinary woman and character!

[@martincook318]

What a Remarkable Women Lady Nancy Astor was in the way she stood up to Winston Churchill and I saw the BBC Television drama Program about her life and although she was a Tory and divorced sometimes she forgot to mention in her Campaign she was soon forgiven as she did a lot of good for the Men and Women of Plymouth

[@lynn0MA]

She worked with Oswald Mosley! In 1918. Here we have a woman, coming out of the segregationist south, with “I wish I was in Dixie” in the background. I haven’t heard anything spectacular from her. She was in the appeasement group in the 1930s.

[@lesleeherschfus707]

Lynn Farley I noticed how they glossed over that period

[@lesleeherschfus707]

Mrs. Edna Welthorpe It was viewed as appeasement even then. Winston Churchill recognized it as such

[@tvrtvr6984]

@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe she went a bit further than appeasement she wanted a protestant anglo version of fascism and lead a group of tories who wanted the same. The same group who would wear badges saying perish juda on them.

[@danyeaharper3176]

@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe danyeaharper

[@karifredrikson8492]

Oswald Mosley was a Nazi. Not much of a recommendation.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Lady Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor = real-life *Queen of Thorns* of Great Britain

[@myhappynest6125]

That was fascinating!

[@bradmoyse6162]

Loved the last comment!!

[@mark-j-adderley]

3:46 So, the American educated class from Virginia, in the late 19th century, spoke as if they came from the home counties.

[@jbeaupre1800]

Bravo!

[@bytheway1031]

🎂Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor 05-19-2022

[@johnobrien8398]

The class system at its worst this disgusting situation still prevails today but the rich have let the poor have a little piece of the cake to shut them up it’s tragic but what can you do

[@tvrtvr6984]

Why did they gloss over her views on fascism, Catholics and jews?

[@Itsmeyoualreadykno]

TVR TVR good question lol

[@lawsonj39]

They're obviously trying to gloss over her hideous views. You caught the fact, I hope, that her body is wrapped in a Confederate flag. Prejudiced jerk.

[@plasticturnipboy5642]

"Lost everything in the war between the states" that's a funny way of saying her family's wealth depended on the exploitation of slaves. But don't worry her dad invested in coal afterwards, and they were fine pretty quickly :D

[@russiauncensored7788]

War of Northern Aggression ends in 1965....Ms. Astor is born in 1879. She wasn't even 18 years old until 1897. 32 years after the end of the war. Every rich person has a make-believe "rags to riches" or "come back" story. I've never met a rich person who didn't say or imply the following: "well actually i was even lower than the common man" or "I had it even harder than the common man". Go talk to any rich person is they will all give you one of these bullshit stories.

[@DeHirvilammi]

Is the Astor family still wealthy? Aside from such charitable donations as the library, John Jacob Astor left the bulk of his $20 million fortune (estimated by Forbes magazine to be worth more than $100 billion today), to his second son, William Backhouse Astor, Sr.Jul 17, 2013

[@splinterbyrd]

What they do not mention here is that not only was she anti-Catholic, but she was also anti-Jew, and something of a sympathiser with Hitler.

[@serafinagracias1367]

That part is important. Because she was only anti-Jew in one sense. In another sense she was a sionist. People have trouble seeing the connection between nazis and sionists. Those "two" groups are actually the same people, however contradictory it might seem. You only need to investigate on a level of society "higher up", to understand this. Nancy Astor was rude to Churchill, because he had a kind of inferior servant position to her. Her bloodline was far above him.

[@lawsonj39]

"Born into poverty"? Get out: this documentary deliberately didn't bother showing Mirador, the ornate Virginia mansion where she actually grew up. Grotesque distortion.

[@serafinagracias1367]

That is right. This is pure idolatry. This woman belonged to one of the world's most criminal families. They never built their fortunes on pure "sugar". Jacob Astor was well connected to masonry even before he arrieved to America from Waldorf in Germany. That is why the masonic groups allowed him to make a fortune on drugs - on the opion trade with China. His second wife was only 29 years yonger than him and they went on a honey moon trip to Egypt, because they practised Egyptian occult rituals, which they secretly still do. They belong to satanic bloodlines who rule the world by infiltration and secrecy. No reason for idolatry in this case.

[@libertygiveme1987]

If she was Anti- Catholic, and Pro-Nazi?! No Thank-You!!!!

[@jec1ny]

Yeah, they really passed over the darker aspects of her life. She was a nasty bigot who was quietly sympathetic to Hitler and the Nazis. She hated Jews and Catholics with an ice cold fury.

[@Itsmeyoualreadykno]

Yeah they missed some stuff lol

[@tintinhickey5869]

A good many Nazis were Catholic ….

[@ohmeowzer1]

I like her

[@fmcg5364]

That comment about Winston Churchill's fallen appearance was great, I have a friend that says men have different mirrors.

[@denisehall4818]

Some Bells can out posh anyone.

[@nicholasgidaro5692]

Astor was a fascist and anti-semite; Lady Astor's public image suffered, as her ethnic and religious views were increasingly out of touch with cultural changes in Britain. She expressed a growing paranoia regarding ethnic minorities. In one instance, she stated that the President of the United States had become too dependent on New York City. To her this city represented "Jewish and foreign" influences that she feared. During a US tour, she told a group of African-American students that they should aspire to be like the black servants she remembered from her youth. On a later trip, she told African-American church members that they should be grateful for slavery because it had allowed them to be introduced to Christianity. In Rhodesia she proudly told the white minority government leaders that she was the daughter of a slave owner.

[@ShiningGalaxy01]

@Nicholas Gidaro She was married to a man who was part of the Illuminati German Jewish bloodline of the Astor Families, who claim to be descendant from the Jewish Queen Eshter of Persia, which is where they got the last name Astor, another word for Eshter, that they have Ancient Persian royal ancestry, and claim to the the offspring of the Jewish Queen Eshter from the Book of Eshter.

[@thnktank1]

She was a firebrand! Id like to have known her.

[@rgs6236]

Had she been poor and cleaning steps at the time she wouldn't get a mention now. They only like to talk about upper class and middle class heros.

[@LonnyW212]

SG Reid but she was impoverished as a child.

[@Damremont18]

As much as we may find elites objectionable, elites are one of the accepted characteristics of any well developed civilization. The interconnectedness of the elites contribute to the smooth functioning of a civilized nation.

[@calengr1]

~5min Oswald Mosley

[@susanpower-q5q]

Christian Scientist Anti Catholic and Anti Communist

[@totallydomestic433]

Go Churchill!

[@lynn0MA]

Wrapped in a confederate flag!

[@francismuiruri9064]

Interesting stuff though disappointed she was a confederate.