Nancy Astor
Nancy Astor
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CHwas the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 May 1879
men world i-can
I can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world -- except a woman-governed world.
sisterhood men world
The only thing the women were after was just the chance to help the world on. But some men were so dreadfully afraid of them that they refused to understand, and talked about 'shrieking sisterhoods' and 'disappointed spinsters' and rubbish of that sort.
men years length
What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year?
men insightful important
It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man.
I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
people success
The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
adam blame chance laid time women
The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.
vitality
My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.
darned since unsafe women
Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
drink good reason
One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
cabinets want ministers
Nobody wants me as a Cabinet Minister and they are perfectly right. I am an agitator, not an administrator.
drinking giving promise
Drink promises you everything, but gives nothing ...
suffering politics kind
Women are young at politics, but they are old at suffering; soon they will learn that through politics they can prevent some kinds of suffering.
women politics problem
There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem.