Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Water pollution Plate 37 from volume I

Plate 37 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina

or die by the Scots

at the mansion house where the Territorial Information Bureau is attracting crowds daily

embodying all the year's financial proposals

A satirical cartoon relating to the Gin Act of 1751

Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Water pollution Plate 37 from volume ILady 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).