WOMEN, POLITICS AND WELFARE
The Papers of Nancy Astor, 1879-1964, from Reading University Library

Part 1: Autobiography, Political Diaries, Speeches, Articles and Newscuttings

"I married beneath me - all women do."
Nancy Astor

"I am much impressed by the range and usefulness of the material Adam Matthew are publishing. For both undergraduates and graduate/research students having such rich sources as the Papers of Nancy Astor will make learning about Britain a
fuller and more complex experience."
Professor Peter Stansky, Stanford University

This major project makes available for the first time the correspondence and papers of Nancy Astor and will make a substantial contribution to the examination of:

• Gender and Politics;
• the Origins of the Welfare State;
• Political Oratory;
• Anglo-American Relations, 1914-1964;
• the Rights of Women and Children;
• the Cliveden Set.