My Two Countries

Nancy Astor (1879–1965) was the first woman to serve in the British Parliament, where she advocated temperance, women's rights and German appeasement.

Nancy Langhorne (born May 19, 1879) took Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, as her second husband in 1906. After the death of his father, she became the Viscountess Astor and took over her husband's seat in the House of Commons, becoming the first woman to serve in the British Parliament. She campaigned for temperance, women's rights, and the appeasement policy to avoid war with Germany in the 1930s.

Besides her political activities, Nancy and Waldorf Astor were leading members of British society and entertained many notable figures, including Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and writer George Bernard Shaw, at their country home, Cliveden. She also wrote a book about her life in 1920 entitled My Two Countries.

An informative book on the thoughts, her faith and politics of Lady Nancy Astor the first Female MP to sit nithe house of commons.


Excerpt from Book:

I can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world — except a woman governed world.