Drawing on new research from the Parliamentary Archives and government records, historians and parliamentary insiders Mari Takayanagi and Elizabeth Hallam Smith bring these unsung heroes to life. Out in #paperback now: https://t.co/jYmOt95KoD @satisfactory20 #womeninhistory

Drawing on new research from the Parliamentary Archives and government records, historians and parliamentary insiders Mari Takayanagi and Elizabeth Hallam Smith bring these unsung heroes to life. In #paperback next month: https://t.co/kpmWnZGI8v @satisfactory20 #womeninhistory

I do indeed! at about 44 mins, after an excellent talk by @satisfactory20 on Necessary Women.

Thinking about applying for our By-Fellowship? @satisfactory20, one of our By-Fellows this term, shares her top tips. Don't forget to send us your application by 31st December. https://t.co/RvdAW3ydOn

@RuthFox01 @DArcyTiP @satisfactory20 And if you are looking for a last-minute present for someone who is interested in Parliament/history then Necessary Women comes highly recommended. Available in all good bookshops or online.

🧵 In our latest Parliament Matters podcast @RuthFox01 & @DarcyTiP talk with @satisfactory20 about Necessary Women, the untold stories of women in Westminster - from cooks & cleaners to the professionals that have shaped Parliament. It's a fascinating look behind the scenes. 1/

Includes me talking about #NecessaryWomen, the untold story of Parliament’s working women! Do tune in

She discussed the urban myth that Cavalier King Charles spaniels could roam the building with the Serjeant at Arms, A G Lennox; he went to considerable trouble to get a photo prior to the State Opening of Parliament in Court Dress with his two Cavaliers! Pic @UKParlArchives

Do you like spaniels? Then you will love the scrapbooks of Vanda Salmon, MPs secretary who worked in the Palace of Westminster 1950s-70s, who also bred Cavalier King Charles spaniels (and other dogs). From @ChuArchives

📦Last week we hosted a workshop for students studying the @CamModBrit MPhil. 🌟An inspiring presentation by Archives By-Fellow @satisfactory20, a chance to work with some of our papers, and a behind the scenes tour were just some of the highlights of this year's workshop!

The importance of material culture: Hansard with black borders, on death of George VI in 1952. From the Florence Horsbrugh papers @ChuArchives

Found this letter @ChuArchives, timely as the Commons debate hereditary peers today: 'I think that the Life Peers will save the House of Lords as they gradually come to take precedence over Hereditary Peers' Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher to Florence Horsbrugh, 1959

We are delighted to announce the creation of a new fund in honour of the historian & former Keeper of the Archives Centre, Correlli Barnett & his wife Ruth. The fund will support by-fellows & research students actively using the Archives Centre. https://t.co/WIQM6CBWXj

Browsing the journals @ihr_history and pleased to find the latest ‘@HistoryToday with an article by my @UKParlArchives colleague @dlprior 🗃️

Very happy to be speaking on this panel on inequalities- me on importance of Pat’s work on what difference the vote made in 1918.

Here @ihr_history today we celebrate contribution of Pat Thane @BirkbeckUoL to the fields of history & social policy & wonderful to do so in space that acknowledges work of many women to historical studies. Thanks to @RoyalHistSoc & @socialhistsoc for funding today’s workshop.

I was pleased to write this blogpost on the Herbison papers, which were found in a desk and are now @UKParlArchives! Cc @ChuArchives

Surprise of the day; Florence Horsbrugh MP photographed for Vogue, by Lee Miller! From @ChuArchives

New Woman Minister At Home - with her budgerigar! At least I think that’s what’s in the cage… Florence Horsbrugh in 1939, from @ChuArchives

What a great pic! - @AusWomenCricket visiting the House of Commons in 1937 while on tour, hosted by MPs Florence Horsbrugh and Ellen Wilkinson. From the Horsbrugh papers @ChuArchives