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By Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist, UK Parliamentary Archives The Parliamentary Archives holds the historic records of the UK House of Commons and House of Lords, from 1497 to present day – some 13km of paper and parchment, plus more than 20TB of digital. The physical records are held in the Victoria…
I’m the co-curator for this very splendid exhibition which is open n Parliament right now! Read the Guardian review of it and watch the BBC Parliament programme on it (on iPlayer until 25 Aug 2018) Book your free ticket now on the Parliament website – open until 6 October 2018. You can also buy the … More Voice and Vote: Women’s Place in Parliament
On 23 June 1801, a woman called Jane Campbell divorced her husband Edward Addison by Act of Parliament, and became the first woman to obtain a Parliamentary divorce. Dr Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives and joint Project Manager for Vote 100, discusses how this came about, the significance of the case, and … More Jane Campbell: Parliamentary divorce pioneer — The History of Parliament
Source: The Eligibility of Constance Markievicz
I was privileged recently to see an advance viewing of the upcoming film ‘Suffragette’, starring Carey Mulligan as Maud Watts. I would warmly recommend it and you can read my review of ‘Suffragette’ exclusively on the Vote 100 blog. Some of the scenes were filmed on location in Parliament. The House of Commons gave special … More ‘Suffragette’ film: women and Parliamentary committees
Originally posted on UK Vote 100: Looking forward to the centenary of Equal Franchise in 2028 in the UK Parliament:
Happy International Women’s Day! We thought we’d kick off this blog properly today by letting you know about our exhibition, ‘Women in Parliament: Works from the Parliamentary Art Collection’. It includes more than 80 works of art…
This year, 2015, marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta and 750 years since the De Montfort Parliament which was the forerunner of the modern day House of Commons. It’s being marked by a programme of events in Parliament throughout the year, Parliament in the Making. 20 January was the De … More Women and Democracy Day
I was very excited last week to be interviewed by Jenni Murray about the early female MPs on Woman’s Hour! I was appearing with historian Dr Paula Bartley, who has published a new biography of Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson, Ellen Wilkinson: From Red Suffragist to Government Minister. Paula talked about Ellen, her background, her role … More Ellen Wilkinson and the Kitchen Committee
Last Friday I was on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today in Parliament’ programme, interviewed by Mark D’Arcy about early women staff in Parliament. You can catch it on iPlayer for a few days still – my bit starts around 17:00. I talk for about 5 minutes about how women came to be employed in new roles … More The Home Front in Parliament: early women staff
This weekend I saw ‘The Winslow Boy’, a play by Terence Rattigan at the Old Vic. It was very good and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was one moment however, when I thought, ‘I really don’t think that’s likely!’ That was when Catherine (Kate) Winslow, the intelligent and principled daughter of the family, went to … More The Winslow Girl and the Ladies’ Gallery
Parliament and Women in the early 20th century 