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On this date in 1919, American-born Lady Nancy Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament. She became MP for the Sutton division of Plymouth.
She and Winston Churchill started a running verbal battle that lasted many years. One such battle happened at a social gathering one evening and want like this:
“Sir you are drunk.”
“Madam, you are ugly, but in the morning I will be sober.”
She and Winston Churchill started a running verbal battle that lasted many years. One such battle happened at a social gathering one evening and want like this:
“Sir you are drunk.”
“Madam, you are ugly, but in the morning I will be sober.”
