Nancy Astor: First Woman in Parliament

In this video, written by Dr Mari Takayanagi and presented by Sammy Sturgess, we hear the story of the first women to take her seat in the House of Commons: Nancy Astor.
While Astor's parliamentary career was in many ways inspirational, she is not an uncontroversial figure. As Professor Julie Gottlieb (King's College London) writes, "we cannot get away from the fact that she was a 'fellow traveller' of the Right [in the 1930s], that she had no qualms about entertaining Nazis, expressing deep prejudices herself."
For more on Astor's complicated legacy, read:
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[@WorldLiterature]

Thanks guys this is really interesting content.

[@Sophie-mv7bd]

Proud to be from Plymouth because of her

[@SwingSwindlers]

Technically the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament was Countess Markievicz, so I regret to inform you that you're wrong. :) Oh but I see that she's mentioned, so everything's ok. :)

[@HistoryHub]

Markievicz was the first to be elected but she didn't take her seat, in accordance with the Sinn Féin policy then and since.

[@eringobrian3320]

The truth is the truth, thank you

[@johndoe6298]

@@HistoryHub I guess we'll just skip over the fact that she was anti-Catholic, antisemitic and a Nazi sympathiser then?