Welcome to my website. I’m Dr Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives, heritage professional, and historian of British history from the mid 19th to mid 20th centuries.
NEW: My first book, Necessary Women: the Untold Story of Parliament’s Working Women, co-authored with Elizabeth Hallam Smith, has been published by History Press!
MAY 2023: I am thrilled to announce I have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society!
I was made an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association in July 2019 for my ‘significant contribution to the promotion and knowledge of history’. I’m delighted to have received this honour!
Watch me interviewed on Votes for Women: Suffragette Action in the Houses of Parliament on Daily Politics on 6 February 2018!
Watch my talk for TedX Whitehall Women!
Read my AdWeek interview with Diane Clehane!
Find out more about me, my media appearances, watch my online talks and my publications.
Parliament and Women in the early 20th century 