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Shirley Williams was introduced by her proud father to Nancy Astor, the first ever woman MP.
'She wants to be an MP,' her father told Astor.
Nancy Astor painted by John Singer Sargent
'Not with that hair!' declared the grande dame.
'She had already perceived,' writes Williams now. 'What was to be a big negative factor in my political career.'
'She had already perceived,' writes Williams now. 'What was to be a big negative factor in my political career.'
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