Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Plate 11 from the monograph

Plate 11 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain

Interior of Almack's Assembly Rooms

a group of men

Third Row: T Eggleston

Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Plate 11 from the monographLady Astor (1879 1964), American born British politician, 1926. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1919, and as such became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926).