200 years ago the handloom weavers of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire engaged in a 10-day rising, destroying over 1,100 power looms. To learn more check out our interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a84... #19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social

A memorable day in Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament! A privilege to show delegates from the French Senate, including the President of the Senate, a record on the proposed Franco-British Union during WW2. Great to work with colleagues from Parliament & The National Archives on this

New on the blog! @nickbhattacharya.bsky.social explores the gendered nature of parish welfare in Devon #womenshistory womenshistorynetwork.org/the-prejudic...

New on the blog! @kating03.bsky.social explores the life of Scottish suffragist Katherine Walker Lindsay, piecing together her story through extensive archival research, including newspaper and census records #suffrage #votesforwomen #womenshistory womenshistorynetwork.org/scottish-suf...

Last month, the US Speaker visited Parliament to mark 250 years of American independence. As part of this visit, we displayed records from The National Archives at a Speaker’s House reception, including the Declaration of Independence. It’s always great showing original records to audiences!

Following the news of another political defection in Westminster, we're resharing our recent #HistParl article on the history of MPs 'crossing the floor' and changing their party affiliation, drawing heavily upon extracts from our #OralHistory archive. historyofparliament.com/2026/01/16/c...

This was such an interesting blog post to see through to publication on the @womenshistnet.bsky.social’s blog. Great to work with @harveybonehist.bsky.social and @txbatha.bsky.social, and learn about their fascinating research - do give their blog post a read!

New year, new job! 💫 Thrilled to share that I’ve started a new role at The National Archives as a Modern Parliament Records Specialist. I’ll be working with Parliament’s archive collections that have been relocated to TNA. Looking forward to engaging audiences with this fascinating collection!

📣 Call for Papers! Join us for the Women’s History Network Annual Conference, celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library. Open to scholars, independent researchers & heritage practitioners. Full info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... Deadline: 29 March 2026 #WomensHistory #GenderHist

What an incredible two years @ukparliament.parliament.uk! I’ve learnt a lot & worked with so many wonderful people. From starting in Heritage Collections engaging audiences with a working collection to leading the initial planning for the Equal Franchise centenary, it’s been an amazing experience!

Our programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Parliament is full of red and green, and not just because it’s Christmas. The colours hold special significance for the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk and @houseoflords.parliament.uk

A brilliant few days attending the 'Visual Representations of Parliamentarism' conference at the German Historical Institute in Paris. Great to co-present a paper with @sclapperton.bsky.social on 1929 election posters appealing to women voters and be on a panel with @satisfactory20.bsky.social

A packed room for @histparl.bsky.social’s annual lecture! A great evening and lecture given by Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds on ‘Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.

I have had a great few days at the Visual Representations of Parliaments conference at the German Historical Institute in Paris - I spoke on 1920s flapper’ cartoons alongside @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social @sclapperton.bsky.social on party political posters at 1929 election - perfect synergy! 🗃️

It was a privilege to attend the President of Germany’s address in the Royal Gallery thanks to a staff ticket. An unforgettable experience.

Very excited to finally meet Hope, the life-size Lego suffragette 💚💜 Last week was UK Parliament Week, an annual education event which explores what @ukparliament.parliament.uk does. It was great to see so many schools getting involved and meet Hope in Westminster Hall!

#OTD 1918 the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act, giving women the right to stand for parliament, gained royal assent. To find out more about early women parliamentary candidates, and the campaigns they ran, read @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social article. historyofparliament.com/2019/06/11/s...

Looking forward to the @histparl.bsky.social's Annual Lecture!

Autumn at the Palace of Westminster 🍂

In our latest article, Dr Kathryn Rix has looked at the 23 MPs commemorated in the Commons chamber who died during the Second World War. Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:

"We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us" (Sir Winston Churchill, 1943)

Fascinating seminar last night by @satisfactory20.bsky.social on ‘The Speaker’s and the Suffragettes’. I especially enjoyed hearing more about the ‘suffragette chain’ which was recently donated to the Parliamentary Art Collection @ihr.bsky.social @histparl.bsky.social

New on the blog! Dr Robyn Floyd (rkfloyd.bsky.social) explores Josephine Fiddes' story, an English actress, vocalist, author and playwright #womenshistory Read it here: womenshistorynetwork.org/rediscoverin...

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

#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:

New on the blog! Bart Mooibroek explores the diplomatic career of Dorothea Lieven, and how female diplomats have been studied more broadly in history #womenshistory #diplomatichistory womenshistorynetwork.org/beyond-forma...

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

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

As we come to the end of #WomensHistoryMonth, I wanted to share my new intro piece on #womenssuffrage for @englishheritage.bsky.social It looks at the individuals & organisations involved, the impact of WW1 & the legislative reforms of 1918 and 1928 www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histor...

New blogpost! Lucy McCormick writes about emotion and space in the mid-Victorian Women's Suffrage Movement. She explores how anti-suffragists weaponised emotion in relation to politicised spaces, and how suffragists renegotiated these links. Read here: womenshistorynetwork.org/emotion-and-...

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!

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 👇

#DYK that years before some women were given the franchise in 1918, one woman, Lily Maxwell, actually voted in an election? Find out how in this article, originally posted on the @victoriancommons.bsky.social website: #WHM historyofparliament.com/2025/03/14/l...

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...

#OTD 17 March 1873, trade unionist Margaret Bondfield was born. Read more about her on the blog, as Dr. Paula Bartley reflects on some of the archival challenges of studying women’s history womenshistorynetwork.org/margaret-bon...

Thrilled to be a guest on The National Archives' podcast exploring the lives of working women in history with @vickyig.bsky.social @jessamycarlson.bsky.social & Kath Maude! Enjoyed talking about the Metropolitan Police Women Patrols #WomensHistoryMonth media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/wo...

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

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

We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library! Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk

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.

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!

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 👏🏻

New on the blog! @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social shares her new book Wildly Different: How Five Women Reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World. Learn why the Canadian Mina Hubbard journeyed 600 miles into Arctic Labrador in the blog! #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM @manchesterup.bsky.social shorturl.at/WfdfO

#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

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!

New on the blog! Deborah Weiss shares how an undergraduate class she taught on 'Jane Austen and the Injured Body' inspired her new book 'Women and Madness in the Early Romantic Novel: Injured Minds, Ruined Lives' published by @manchesterup.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/women-and-ma...

Does anyone else have history themed Christmas decorations? 🎄 Merry Christmas to all who celebrate

After hours at Parliament… With 22 separate spotlight talks delivered by 8 of my brilliant colleagues (including @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and @spoonsontrays.bsky.social) sharing highlights of the Parliamentary Art Collection with more than 600 visitors, it’s been quite an evening 🖼️ 🙌🏻

Do give the @womenshistnet.bsky.social a follow if you’re interested in #womenshistory!