Orders of the Day — Family Allowances Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 March 1945.

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Photo of Viscountess Nancy Astor Viscountess Nancy Astor , Plymouth, Sutton 12:00, 8 March 1945

As a woman, the hon. lady has said a rather dangerous thing. She said that the finest woman in the country is the woman who has slipped. Surely the finest women in the country are those who resist, and who live up to a higher moral standard.