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Author | : Adrian Fort |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2012-10-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1409028585 |
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In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman to take a seat in parliament. She was not what had been expected. Far from a virago who had suffered for the cause of female suffrage, she was already near the centre of the ruling society that had for so long resisted the political upheavals of the early twentieth century, having married into the family of one of the richest men in the world. She was not even British. She would prove to be a trailblazer and beacon for the generations of women who would follow her into Parliament. This new biography charts Nancy Astor's incredible story, from penury in the American South, to a lifestyle of the most immense riches, from the luxury of Edwardian England, through the 'Jazz Age', and on towards the Second World War: a world of great country estates, lavish town houses and the most sumptuous entertainments, peopled by the most famous and powerful names of the age. But hers was not only the life of power, glamour and easy charm: it was also defined by principles and bravery, by war and sacrifice, by love and bitter disputes. With glorious, page-turning brio, Adrian Fort has brought to life this restless, controversial American dynamo, an unforgettable woman who left a deep and lasting imprint on the political life of our nation.
Author | : Christopher Sykes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Americans |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rosina Harrison |
Publisher | : Viking Adult |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Autobiography about life in domestic service, as personal maid to Nancy, Lady Astor.
Author | : Adrian Fort |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2013-01-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 031259903X |
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A portrait of the social activist and first female member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons includes coverage of her American ancestry, her determination to use her influence to introduce American ideas into British politics and her relationships with such figures as Winston Churchill, FDR and J. M. Barrie.
Author | : Frances Kiernan |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2008-05-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393078841 |
Download The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." —O, The Oprah Magazine This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor’s friends and the heads of New York’s great cultural institutions, gives us back the woman so loved and admired. At the age of 51, Brooke Astor wedded the notoriously ill-tempered Vincent Astor, who died in 1959. In a highly publicized courtroom battle, she fought off an attempt to break Vincent’s will, which left $67 million to the Vincent Astor Foundation. As the foundation’s president, Mrs. Astor would use this legacy to benefit New York City. She would personally visit every grant applicant and charm anyone she met. At her hundredth birthday, princes and presidents honored her, but in 2006 a grandson petitioned the courts to have his father removed as Brooke’s guardian. Once again an Astor court battle became the stuff of headlines.
Author | : Rosina Harrison |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Americans |
ISBN | : 0091943515 |
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"In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England's wealthiest lords. Lady Astor was brilliant yet tempestuous, but outspoken Rose gave as good as she got. For 35 years, the battle of wills and wits raged between the two women, until an unlikely friendship began to emerge. "The Lady's Maid" is a captivating insight into the great wealth 'upstairs' but also the endless work 'downstairs', but it is Rose's unique relationship with Lady Astor that makes this book a truly enticing read"--Publisher's description.
Author | : Peter Stanford |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 63 |
Release | : 2012-08-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0007400209 |
Download Bronwen Astor: Her Life and Times (Text Only) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors’ own version of the events at Cliveden is told. Peter Stanford has been granted unprecedented access to Lady Astor, her private papers and her friends, as well as to many family members and key players in the drama.
Author | : Robert Becker |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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The life and work of Nancy Lancaster "whose inborn decorating genius culminated in her creation of the style (chintz, elegance, cozy clutter) that flourishes today as the English Country look."--Jacket.
Author | : Rachel Reeves |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2019-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1788316770 |
Download Women of Westminster Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. Her achievement was all the more remarkable given that women (and even then only some women) had only been entitled to vote for just over a year. In the past 100 years, a total of 491 women have been elected to Parliament. Yet it was not until 2016 that the total number of women ever elected surpassed the number of male MPs in a single parliament. The achievements of these political pioneers have been remarkable – Britain has now had two female Prime Ministers and women MPs have made significant strides in fighting for gender equality from the earliest suffrage campaigns to Barbara Castle's fight for equal pay to Harriet Harman's recent legislation on the gender pay gap. Yet the stories of so many women MPs have too often been overlooked in political histories. In this book, Rachel Reeves brings forgotten MPs out of the shadows and looks at the many battles fought by the Women of Westminster, from 1919 to 2019.
Author | : Meryl Gordon |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0618893733 |
Download Mrs. Astor Regrets Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Gordon's powerful, poignant saga goes behind the gates of a powerful American dynasty--the Astors--to tell of three generations' worth of longing and missed opportunities, which ultimately led to the empire's unraveling.