Metadata Content type Content type Image Collection(s) Collection(s) Encyclopedia Virginia Title Title Title Lady Astor Resource Type Resource Type Image Description Description Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, viscountess Astor, the first woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons, arrives in New York City on the RMS Olympic oceanliner on April 19, 1922. Lady Astor was elected to Parliament in 1919. Local Identifier Local Identifier evr13645 Persons Persons Bain News Service, publisher: Creator (cre) Genre Genre Photographs Glass-plate negative Subject Subject Lady Astor Langhornes Note Note Note Type date/sequential designation Note 8145 Note Type creation/production credits Note Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division URL URL https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014714259/ Restriction on Access Restriction on Access Open