Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
@lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
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Historian of women & politics in modern Britain, heritage professional at UK Parliament, blog editor for the Women’s History Network, Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, BBC HistoryExtra’s ‘30 under 30’. Views my own lisaberrywaite.com
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Hello Bluesky! A little intro from me - I’m a historian of women & politics in modern Britain, and am currently working on my book 'A Woman MP?: From Parliamentary Candidates to Westminster Representatives, 1918-1939' for Routledge. I also work in the Heritage Collections team at UK Parliament
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
A great evening at the @histparl.bsky.social live podcast recording for ‘Tales from the Green Benches’ last night!

Really interesting to learn more about their oral history project and hear from two of the projects’s more recent interviewees, Anne Milton and Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
#histparl
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histparl.bsky.social
#OTD 1913 Emily Wilding Davison was hit by the King's horse at Epsom derby, dying 4 days later.

One of the most prolific Suffragettes to interact with Parliament, guest contributor Vicky Igliowski-Broad explored Davison's wide-ranging dealings with the House:
A night in Parliament: Militant Suffragettes and Parliament - The History of Parliament
We are delighted to post this guest blog in our Women and Parliament series from one of the public historians who has been at the forefront of activities to
historyofparliament.com
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
To mark #VE80, ‘Parliament’s War Effort’ display is now in Westminster Hall @ukparliament.parliament.uk

It tells the story of 12 individuals who contributed to Parliament’s war effort #WW2

It was great to write about Eleanor Rathbone MP, Edith Summerskill MP & Sir Geoffrey Blake for the display
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
A wonderful evening celebrating the paperback launch of ‘Necessary Women: The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women’ by @satisfactory20.bsky.social and Elizabeth Hallam Smith 👏

Plus a fab location @antiquaries.bsky.social
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And a huge thanks to @vickyig.bsky.social for looking over the draft version of it!
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lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
Very excited to share that I've started a secondment @ukparliament.parliament.uk as a Programme Manager, leading on the initial planning for the 100 year anniversary of the 1928 #EqualFranchise Act!

Thrilled to be working on such an important milestone in the history of British democracy!
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royalhistsoc.org
Today we launch a new funding programme: Scouloudi Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK

Grants will support collaborative projects between historians in Higher Education and those in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sectors, as well as community history groups.

#Skystorians 1/2 👇
Graphic of the word 'History' composed of people with the additional text: Applications invited for RHS Scouloudi Public History Grants, 2025. New funding programme, closes 23 May'.
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lucydelap.bsky.social
Do you live near a women's suffrage memorial? Help researchers at Aix-Marseille uni to map it alongside hundreds of others.
Celebrate and value global histories of democracy and feminist activism - a powerful message given ebbing support in the twenty-first century
framacarte.org/fr/map/sites...
Sites of Suffrage Memory: a HerStory Maps project
This map seeks to **geolocate the memorials to the Women's Suffrage Movement ** all over the world. --- It is a small contribution to the decades-long effort by activists and scholars to raise publi...
framacarte.org
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satisfactory20.bsky.social
Fantastic conference on Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament at Warwick today - great to speak on Vanda Salmon papers @chuarchives.bsky.social on panel with @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and @emmapeplow.bsky.social. Thanks @chloechallender.bsky.social @brendantam.bsky.social for organising
Black and white photograph of Vanda Salmon, smiling and wearing a long coat and floral hat, leaning on crutches
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
Fab day at the Lived Experiences of the Westminster Parliament conference organised by @chloechallender.bsky.social & @brendantam.bsky.social

Great to talk about women MPs & parliamentary space (e.g. Lady Members’ Rooms), and be on a panel with @satisfactory20.bsky.social & @emmapeplow.bsky.social
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lselibrary.bsky.social
We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library!
Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk
A monochrome photograph of a group of suffragettes dressed in mock prison garb, standing and waving inside a bus. The bus has a poster from the Women's Social and Political Union displayed on the front.
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
A brilliant evening at the Speaker’s House #WomensHistoryMonth event last week!

Great to talk to guests about Jean Winder (the first female permanent Hansard reporter) and showcase a photograph of Jean with her colleagues in 1947 from the Parliamentary Art Collection.
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
Great to part of this #WomensHistoryMonth episode on The National Archives' podcast, On the Record, talking about the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols. Especially with my wonderful former colleagues Kath Maude, @vickyig.bsky.social, and @jessamycarlson.bsky.social!
jessamycarlson.bsky.social
The trailer for the next On the Record, The National Archives’ podcast is out, featuring yours truly in the chair, speaking to three brilliant historians Kath Maude, @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and @vickyig.bsky.social about women and work: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Trailer: Working Women in History
Podcast Episode · On the Record at The National Archives · 10/03/2025 · 2m
podcasts.apple.com
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sclapperton.bsky.social
With #WomensHistoryMonth underway, it was brilliant to celebrate the work of colleagues at the Speaker’s House event @ukparliament.parliament.uk

Well done @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and Penny McMahon for their display on the formidable women who contributed to Parliament’s War Effort during WW2 👏🏻
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
#OTD 6 February 1918 the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. Read about suffragette Emily Wilding Davison on the blog by Tara Morton.

womenshistorynetwork.org/still-makes-...

#GenderHist #WomensHistory #Suffrage
lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
A great day out visiting the Tower of London with some of @historyextra.bsky.social ‘30 under 30’ historians - thanks @alfredrjhawkins.bsky.social for a brilliant behind the scenes tour!