Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, CH (1879–1964) was an American-born socialite who 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 and becoming the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. Her first husband was an American, Robert Gould Shaw II, and they divorced. She served in Parliament as a representative of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down.
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Dreams are great. When they disappear you may still be there, but you will have ceased to live.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Dreams
The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Fear, Anxiety
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