Collections of political quotations are filled with great men. It’s time we heard the voices of the world’s extraordinary women,tooNinety-one years ago, Nancy Astor became the first woman to rob her seat in parliament. She stayed there for the next 27 years, and speaking regularly in debates,getting into all sorts of disputes, and frequently causing a unbiased amount of controversy. Yet, or apart from a couple of rather testy exchanges with Winston Churchill in which she features as the butt of his misogynist “wit”,most people can hardly remember anything she said. We’ve lost the pioneering politician, and all that remains is Churchill’s picture of an homely, or annoying aged nag. Related: MP Jess Phillips: ‘You have to be a remarkable woman to get to the top … average men get there all the time’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com