Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books, 1980.
299-300, n334
Nancy Witcher Viscountess Astor
Standard Name: Astor, Nancy Witcher,,, Viscountess
Used Form: Lady Nancy Astor
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Ray Strachey | RS
held the first of her full-time employment positions to carry a salary, as Lady Astor
's political secretary. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Friends, Associates | Freya Stark | Visitors to Asolo (as well as hosts to Stark in England) during this period include Nancy, Lady Astor
, Lord David Cecil
, and Vita Sackville-West
and Harold Nicolson
. Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House, 1999. 327 |
| Literary responses | Freya Stark | John Jock Murray
and Sir Sydney Cockerell
initially advised Stark against writing this book, urging her to remain in the travel genre rather than attempt philosophical writing. However, they apologized for their opinions when the... |
| Occupation | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | Women contributors ranged widely: Rebecca West
, Stella Benson
, Cicely Hamilton
, Members of Parliament Lady Nancy Astor
and Ellen Wilkinson
, Virginia Woolf
, Naomi Mitchison
, E. M. Delafield
, Rose Macaulay |
| Occupation | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
was the object of misogynistic attacks, personal and professional, throughout her parliamentary career. When she was absent from a House of Commons
debate in June 1942, someone called A. McLaren commented, I see that... |
| Occupation | Edith Craig | Despite her successes with the Pioneer Players and the Little Theatre movement, EC
was often unable to find work in London, possibly because of her relationship with Christopher St John
, possibly (as St... |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | The unfolding of this early conference suggests the serious weaknesses of Rathbone's stance on Indian women's issues. One of the first female students at the University of Madras
and the founder of an Indian Women's Association |
| politics | Edith Lyttelton | In a letter to the Times, EL
and Nancy Astor
appealed for contributions to the Save the Children Fund
, for children affected by the coal miners' strike. The miners had walked out on... |
| politics | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | MGF
was acutely aware of the potential represented by members of parliament, as is shown in her initiative in founding the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform
in 1916, to bring together MPs who were prepared... |
| politics | Ray Strachey | RS
volunteered as parliamentary secretary and advisor to Lady Astor
, the first woman Member of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons
. Lady Astor was elected on 1 December 1919. Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books, 1980. 287 |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | This prompted Lady Rhondda to call the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act a leaky saucepan. qtd. in Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 87 qtd. in Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 87 |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | From 1921 to 1924, MHVR
was the president of the National Women Citizen's Association
. During this decade, she was also an executive member of the Women's Consultative Committee
, chaired by Nancy, Lady Astor |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | The group's agenda was to obtain legislative improvements in child-assault laws, the position of unmarried mothers, equality of both parents in guardianship rights, equal pay for teachers, equal civic service opportunities for women and men... |
| Publishing | Beatrice Harraden | A couple of years after this BH
began a steady flow of letters to the Times on the topic of women's suffrage: the last of these, written on 2 February 1927, was the plea or... |
| Publishing | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | MHVR
, with Nancy Astor
, Dorothy Balfour
, Eleanor Barton
, and Elizabeth Macadam
, drafted a letter to the Times protesting against a campaign to exclude future women medical students from London hospitals. Astor, Nancy Witcher, Viscountess et al. “Women in Medical Schools”. Times, 30 Mar. 1928, p. 12. 12 |
Timeline
1 December 1919: Nancy, Lady Astor (Conservative and Unionist...
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1 December 1919
Nancy, Lady Astor
(Conservative and Unionist Party
), became the first woman Member of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons
.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
234
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
357
Craig, Fred W. S. British Electoral Facts 1832-1987. 5th ed., Parliamentary Research Services, 1989.
122-3
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
26
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
199
Jack, Ian. “The Best Stuff”. London Review of Books, Vol.
38
, No. 11, 2 June 2016, pp. 33-7. 33-4
March 1922: Good Housekeeping, a monthly magazine dealing...
Building item
March 1922
Good Housekeeping, a monthly magazine dealing with domestic topics, began publication by National Magazine
at 72 Broadwick Street, London.
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
166
Ferguson, Marjorie. Forever Feminine: Women’s Magazines and the Cult of Femininity. Heinemann, 1983.
17
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
95
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
By May 1922: Lady Astor prevented the Metropolitan Police...
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By May 1922
Lady Astor
prevented the Metropolitan Police Women
from being disbanded at the recommendation of the Geddes Report.
Allen, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman. AMS Press, 1973.
179-81
Luck, Joan. The British Policewoman: Her Story. R. Hale, 1979.
135-46
Later 1922: Thirty-one women candidates sought office...
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Later 1922
Thirty-one women candidates sought office during the general election campaign, but none were elected to parliament except the sitting members Lady Astor
and Margaret Wintringham
.
Phillips, Melanie. The Divided House: Women at Westminster. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.
44
Red Clydeside: A History of the Labour Movement in Glasgow 1910-1932. 16 Mar. 2003, http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/.
1923: Nancy Astor put forward her first Private...
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1923
Nancy Astor
put forward her first Private Members Bill, to limit the availability of alcohol to minors.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
January 1924: Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing...
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January 1924
Women Members of Parliament stopped wearing hats in the House of Commons
. Nancy Astor
's hats had garnered more attention than her politics during her first years in the House.
Harrison, Brian. “Women in a Men’s House: The Women M.P.s, 1919-1945”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
29
, No. 3, Sept. 1986, pp. 623-54. 628
By October 1926: The BBC named Hilda Matheson as its first...
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By October 1926
The BBC
named Hilda Matheson
as its first Director of Talks, one of the most highly paid jobs for a woman in any organisation at that time,
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author, 1999.
23
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author, 1999.
29, 23
30 May 1929: Labour came in twenty-six votes ahead of...
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30 May 1929
Labour
came in twenty-six votes ahead of the Conservatives
in the first general election with full women's suffrage: the prospect of voting by women under thirty brought the demeaning nickname of the Flapper Election....
Texts
Astor, Nancy Witcher, Viscountess et al. “Women in Medical Schools”. Times, p. 12.