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"Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat.** in the election of November, 1919. She was an American citizen who moved to England at age 26. She made a second marriage to Waldorf Astor as a young woman in England. After he succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords, she entered politics, in 1919 winning his former seat in Plymouth and becoming the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons.[Note 1] Her first husband was an American citizen, Robert Gould Shaw II, and they divorced. She served in Parliament as a member of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor ** She became the first woman to take up her seat in the Commons (the first woman to be elected, Countess Markievicz, the Sinn Féin MP for Dublin St Patrick's, refused to take her seat). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Sutton_by-election,_1919

She arrived in New York aboard the Olympic on April 19, 1922. A funny and by modern lights strange account of her arrival and press interactions at query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04EFD91531EF...

The date on the negative is 5/23/22. On that day, she started back for England on the Aquitania, s. The New York herald., May 24, 1922, Page 4, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-05-24/ed-... See also photo of her in the same outfit in The Washington times., May 29, 1922, HOME FINAL EDITION, Image 13 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1922-05-29/ed-... A photo of her arrival on April 19, 1922 is in The evening world., April 19, 1922, Final Edition, Image 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1922-04-19/ed-...

Art Siegel and B-59: Thank you for the information about Lady Astor including the context of the date of when she was on the Aquitania. We will add more details to the description.

Art Siegel: There appear to be more Bain images that document the arrival of Lady Astor on the Olympic which was described in the New York Times article you cite. They include this one: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggbain/item/ggb2006009520/ She is wearing a coat with a fur collar as described in the article. Other Bain images depict her with Lord Astor holding the coat: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggbain/item/ggb2006009519/ and surrounded by photographers: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggbain/item/ggb2006009521/

www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/28255585889/ www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/7178406617/

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