Necessary Women (eBook)

The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women

Dr Mari Takayanagi, Dr Elizabeth Hallam Smith (Autoren)

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2023
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
9781803994031 (ISBN)

Infos

When suffragette Emily Wilding Davison hid overnight in the Houses of Parliament in 1911 to have her name recorded in the census there, she may not have known that there were sixty-seven other women also resident in Parliament that night: housekeepers, kitchen maids, and wives and daughters living in households. This book is their story.
Women have touched just about every aspect of life in Parliament. From 'Jane', dispenser of beer, pies and chops in Bellamy's legendary refreshment rooms; to May Ashworth, Official Typist to Parliament for thirty years through marriage, war and divorce; and Jean Winder, the first female Hansard reporter, who fought for years for equal pay; the lives of these women have been largely unacknowledged – until now.
Drawing on new research from the Parliamentary Archives, government records and family history sources, historians and parliamentary insiders Mari Takayanagi and Elizabeth Hallam Smith bring these unsung heroes to life. They chart the changing context for working women within and beyond the Palace of Westminster, uncovering women left out of the history books – including Mary Jane Anderson, a previously unknown suffragette.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2023
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Constance Markievicz • eluzabeth vallance • female mps • female politics • first women mp • hansard • hansard arhives • hansard reporter • her brillian career • House of Commons • House of Lords • Houses of Parliament • jane doyenne of bellamy's • jean winder • ladies can't climb ladders|the honourable ladies • Margaret Bondfield • Margaret Thatcher • margaret wintringham • nancy astor • Palace of Westminster • parliament • parliament archives • parliamentary archives • politics and women • rickman sisters • Theresa May • The Untold Story of Parliament’s Working Women • UK parliament • Untold History • Westminster • Women in History • women in politics • women in the house • women MPs • Women's history • working women
• ISBN-13: 9781803994031 / 9781803994031