Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964
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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor
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1879-1964
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Astor, Waldorf, Mrs., 1879-1964
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Waldorf
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1879-1964
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Astor, Waldor F., Mrs, 1879-1964
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Astor
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Waldor F.
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1879-1964
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Witcher, Nancy, 1879-1964
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Witcher
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Nancy
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1879-1964
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Langhorne, Nancy Witcher, 1879-1964
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Langhorne
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Nancy Witcher
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1879-1964
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Astor, Lady, 1879-1964
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Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, 1879-1964
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Astor
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne
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1879-1964
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Shaw, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, 1879-1964
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Shaw
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne
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1879-1964
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Biographical History
Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years.
American-born British politician and social reformer.
Nancy Astor (ne Langhorne) was born in Danville, Virginia on 19 May 1879. She died on 2 May 1964. Her first marriage to American Robert Shaw in 1896 was not successful and they divorced in 1903. In 1906 she married Waldorf Astor and they settled at Cliveden, Bucks. When her husband succeeded his father as Viscount Astor in 1919 Nancy took his place as the Conservative MP for Plymouth (Sutton Division), becoming the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. She campaigned in particular for women's causes and for temperance and was known for her sharp wit.
Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929.
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Poets, American
Christian Science
Women
Women politicians
World War, 1939-1945
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Bretons
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Parliamentarians
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Danville
VA, US
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Lincolnshire
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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