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Member of Parliament: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) Number of members: One: Created from: Farnham: South West Surrey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the second female Member of Parliament (MP) but the first to take her seat, serving from 1919 to 1945. Journalist and proud westerner Pat Carney takes Telescope for a tour of her stomping grounds.
The former Liberal cabinet minister talks about her experiences on Parliament Hill in 1969. MPs from all parties describe examples of anti-woman prejudice on the Hill in 1991. Surrounded by a panel of men, Agnes Macphail addresses a group of students gathered at University of Toronto's Convocation Hall on a subject close to her heart, "Women in Parliament: Why aren't there more?"
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