Whenever anything positive is written and placed in the public domain about Nancy Astor, there is usually a rapid response in the shape of accusations intended to denigrate her and downplay her achievements...
It’s 100 years since the first woman to took her seat in the UK Parliament, but what was Astor actually like? The centenary commemoration of Nancy Astor’s election to Parliament to become the first woman to take...
On the day a statue of the UK’s first female MP was unveiled in Plymouth - two Prime Ministerial candidates were in the West Country answering questions on female MPs. MP Nancy Astor changed politics forever...
A statue of the first female MP to take her seat in Parliament has been unveiled in Plymouth. Lady Nancy Astor made history after she was elected to represent Plymouth Sutton in Parliament on November 28, 1919 -...
“To be honest with you, we never thought you’d do it,” said many, after we’d smashed our Crowdfunder target. But after 89 days almost 1,000 people together had raised more than £125,000 but more than that, they had...
Former MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Luke Pollard is on the platform with the Nancy Astor Statue Committee. Mayflower Makers are here too along with local and national media are on the platform. the Nancy Astor...
The statue to Nancy Astor, the first female MP to take her seat in the House of Commons, is to be unveiled by former Prime Minister Theresa May in Plymouth today. Follow live updates here as the new GWR train Nancy...
Hour by hour on 28th November, a super exciting day in Plymouth!
A growing crowd of Plymouth pupils are pledging to join an historic march from the city centre to the Nancy Astor Statue unveiling later this year. The event is being organised by Plymouth College students who are...
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