NANCY ASTOR TAKES HER SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
Less than two years after some 8.5 million women gain the vote, parliament gets its first sitting female MP
On 1 December 1919, Viscountess Nancy Astor became the first female MP to take up her seat in parliament. She was a member of the Unionist party (now known as the Conservatives) for the constituency of Plymouth Sutton, winning 51.9 per cent of the vote in a by-election the previous November.