"Am I dying, or is this my birthday?"
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomPoliticians from VirginiaWomen born in the 1870sWomen politicians in England
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Note: In her final illness, she awoke on her deathbed to see her family at her bedside. The full quote is "Jackie, am I dying, or is this my birthday?" to which Jackie replied "A bit of both, Mum."
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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to socialite Robert Gould Shaw II, was unhappy and ended in divorce. She then moved to England and married American-born Englishman Waldorf Astor in 1906.
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