<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor">Nancy Astor</a> becomes the first woman to speak in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> following her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Plymouth_Sutton_by-election" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election">election</a> as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) three months earlier.