Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Water pollution at the mansion house where

at the mansion house where the Territorial Information Bureau is attracting crowds daily

Leading suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) can be seen in the centre of the platform

including the saw scales from which the reptile takes its common name

conducted by Doctor Kingdon

embodying all the year's financial proposals

Lady Astor (1879-1964), American-born British politician Water pollution at the mansion house whereLady Astor (1879 1964), American born British politician, 1926. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1919, and as such became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926).