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On This Day…

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Holly Hewlett

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… in 1919 the American-born Lady Astor became the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons in Britain.

Posted in Bitesize Tagged feminism, history, lady astor, on this day

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