<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor">Lady Astor</a> is elected as a Member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. She is the first woman to sit in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markievicz" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constance Markievicz">Countess Markievicz</a>, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)