Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (born 1879)

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

British politician (1879–1964)

Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia, and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to socialite…