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
Nancy Astor quotes about
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.
cabinets want ministers
Nobody wants me as a Cabinet Minister and they are perfectly right. I am an agitator, not an administrator.
drink good reason
One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
darned since unsafe women
Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
vitality
My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.
adam blame chance laid time women
The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.
people success
The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.