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Mari Takayanagi

@satisfactory20.bsky.social

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Archives, history, heritage. Women and Parliament. #NecessaryWomen. London. COYS https://www.maritakayanagi.com

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · Jul 14

Proud to be celebrating completing my first piece of freelance work - dusting off my palaeography skills to transcribe some 18th/19thC wills! Find me here www.maritakayanagi.com 🗃️

Small empty bottle and full glass of rosado cava

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 10h

13 Sep 1892
Drive to the pass of Glaslyn; of wonderful beauty. In afternoon to a point on the ascent, where I had to address 2000 malgré moi [despite myself]

14 Sep 1892
Four hours on Snowdon mounted about 2/3 way say 1000 f. on foot. Fine day and views.

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 10h

Last week I climbed Snowdon to find the Gladstone Rock halfway up the Watkin Path, where Gladstone spoke to 2000 people in 1892, aged 83 - today I thought to look up @gladlib.bsky.social what Gladstone said in his diary - 🗃️

Me standing beside a big rock with a granite plaque on it

The view down the mountain from the Gladstone rock - green hillside, grass and cloud

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 12h

It’s further away than that sadly but I can strongly recommend Gladstone’s Library for books and vegging

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 1d

My desk this week researching in @gladlib.bsky.social archives - some nice stuff today on Women’s Liberal Federation split over suffrage in 1892, when Catherine Gladstone was President.

Still time to book on my #NecessaryWomen talk on Thursday! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-n...

A desk with laptop, file, paper and pencil, lamp, book on book cushion, pile of books. Bookshelves in background

Over an image of Mari Takayanagi and her book is text that reads: 'Book your tickets for: Necessary Women: The Untold History of Parliament’s Working Women
with Mari Takayanagi, Thursday 9th October 4-5pm, Tickets: £10,

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Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social · 2d

Oxford people: a talk for the diary. @roseteanby.bsky.social has done brilliant research on C19 female photographers

Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · 3d

Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here:

photooxford.org/events/const...

Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford

Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November

photooxford.org

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 2d

Exhausted after my first day researching in the @gladlib.bsky.social archives! Learning lots about the Gladstone family women. Also being very well-fed…

Laminated sign ‘Desk reserved for viewing Archives and Special Collections’

Big slice of carrot cake with a half strawberry perched atop

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

@dohertyta.bsky.social spotted in St Asaph’s cathedral yesterday; WW1 Welsh nurses memorial and WW2 memorial inc a Nurse Margaret Owen #HistNursing 🗃️

Brass coloured wall plaque engraved with names and details of 5 Welsh nurses killed during First World War

White marble wall plaque engraved with names of 9 men and 1 women killed during Second World War

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

Archivists Assemble 2: great to meet @jameselder.bsky.social in real life for first time today here at @gladlib.bsky.social - also sheer coincidence. Small world etc

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

Also Catherine Gladstone memorialised in marble alongside her husband, though difficult to see her next to the wall

Large white marble memorial depicting William and Catherine Gladstone lying down at rest together

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

Looking around St Deiniol's Church next door to @gladlib.bsky.social I was pleased to find stained glass windows to Gladstone’s daughters Helen, vice-principal of Newnham Cambridge, and Mary, his political secretary #WomensHistory 🗃️

Pair of stained glass windows depicting saints, Helen Gladstone mentioned at bottom

Pair of stained glass windows depicting angels with musical instruments, Mary Gladstone mentioned at bottom

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

You’ll have to come back!

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you - it is strange how these things happen!

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

Have already had the afternoon tea so that’s a start!

Three tiers of plates of sandwiches, cakes and scones, with pot of tea on side and me sitting behind

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 3d

Archivists Assemble @gladlib.bsky.social! Great to see @heritageadrian.bsky.social here by sheer coincidence

Adrian and me standing outside Gladstone’s Library, a monumental stone building with green lawn

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 4d

I was coming from a week in Snowdonia with indeed some fraught weather, but today was fine!

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 4d

I have arrived at @gladlib.bsky.social ! Very much looking forward to spending the next week here thanks to the Daisy Ronco Scholarship. If you’re in the area on Thursday come and hear my #NecessaryWomen talk!

Me standing in front of a majestic stone building with green lawn

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 5d

#HistNursing 💙

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury

Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer, was previously the first female Bishop of London.

www.bbc.com

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 5d

I loved doing the Voodoo NÖ challenge last time!

Lying down on a grassy lawn by an old stone house on Isle of Skye in 2022 in honour of Voods

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 9d

Cc @victoriancommons.bsky.social @bavs-uk.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 9d

I’m giving a talk about #NecessaryWomen next week @gladlib.bsky.social including Jane, goddess of Bellamys; May Ashworth, Victorian entrepreneur; Jean Winder, Hansard reporter who fought for equal pay, and more. Booking details below - do come! 🗃️

Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 17d

Women have touched just about every aspect of life in Parliament, even when history overlooked them. From housekeepers to typists, from wives and daughters to reporters, the lives of these women have been largely unacknowledged – until now.
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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for putting the video up on Bluesky!

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Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 22d

Hello Bluesky!

We are an independent group of Friends that support The Women's Library at LSE through fundraising, donations, publicity, advice, and activities.

Find out more about our history and our work here:
friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

Friends of the Women's Library – The Friends of The Women’s Library support the preservation and use of one of the most important collections on women’s history in the UK.

friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

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Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you, will do!

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 24d

Fascinating! Any idea how it does with 20thC handwriting? I often find it harder to read than earlier centuries as much less standard.

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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · 26d

Glad you enjoyed it @satisfactory20.bsky.social! And, due to the success of the exhibition, I’m pleased to report that it has been extended to 19 September!

Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social · 26d

Dropped in to see display on Medieval Jewish Cemetery at St Giles Cripplegate - had no idea it was right under the Barbican! Thanks to organisers inc @medievaljews.bsky.social On until 16 Sep www.thejewishsquaremile.org/exhibition

Display board in the exhibition showing a small part of the church ceiling and pillars.

Display board from the exhibition titled ‘The Role of Women’ with a picture of a female statue with many arms doing different things.

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