Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
@lisaberrywaite.bsky.social
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
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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
Looking forward to the @histparl.bsky.social's Annual Lecture!
The History of Parliament is excited to announce this year's Annual Lecture!
On 16 December in Portcullis House, Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds will be speaking on 'Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.
Tickets are FREE and can be found in the link below:
On 16 December in Portcullis House, Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds will be speaking on 'Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.
Tickets are FREE and can be found in the link below:
Annual Lecture: Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51
Join us for the History of Parliament Annual Lecture for 2025, given by Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Looking forward to the @histparl.bsky.social's Annual Lecture!
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Autumn at the Palace of Westminster 🍂
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Autumn at the Palace of Westminster 🍂
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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:
Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:
MPs and the Second World War - The History of Parliament
Ahead of Remembrance Day, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons,
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November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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:
Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
"We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us" (Sir Winston Churchill, 1943)
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"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
This is a recently discovered 'suffragette chain'! Want to know more? Come and hear me speak on 'The Speakers and the Suffragettes', online and in person at the @histparl.bsky.social seminar at the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social on Tues 28 Oct at 5PM! Free - book here www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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...
Dr Robyn Floyd (rkfloyd.bsky.social) explores Josephine Fiddes' story, an English actress, vocalist, author and playwright #womenshistory
Read it here:
womenshistorynetwork.org/rediscoverin...
Rediscovering Josephine Fiddes and her forgotten Australian novel – Robyn Floyd
Josephine Fiddes was an English actress, vocalist, author and playwright who graced stages across three continents during the 19th century. Her creative output extended beyond acting to directing, …
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July 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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...
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
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
June 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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
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
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
#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:
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
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June 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#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:
One of the most prolific Suffragettes to interact with Parliament, guest contributor Vicky Igliowski-Broad explored Davison's wide-ranging dealings with the House:
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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...
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...
Beyond Formal and Informal: Giving Back Political Agency to Female Diplomats in Early Nineteenth Century Europe – Bart Mooibroek
When researching diplomatic challenges in early nineteenth century Europe, such as the Eastern Question or the Congress of Vienna, the subject matter can appear male dominated. The former refers to…
womenshistorynetwork.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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...
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
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
May 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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
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
Plus a fab location @antiquaries.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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
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...
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...
The Road to Women's Suffrage
Read this brief history of women’s suffrage in England - the fight for women to gain the vote on the same terms as men. We explore the individuals and organisations involved in the fight for women’s s...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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...
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...
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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-...
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-...
Emotion and Space in the Mid-Victorian Women’s Suffrage Movement – Lucy McCormick
Separate Spheres The doctrine of the ‘separate spheres’ – women’s confinement in the home while men freely roamed the public world – is entrenched in popular imaginings of Victorian life. Historian…
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March 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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-...
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!
Thrilled to be working on such an important milestone in the history of British democracy!
March 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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!
Thrilled to be working on such an important milestone in the history of British democracy!
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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 👇
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 👇
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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 👇
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 👇
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
#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...
Find out how in this article, originally posted on the @victoriancommons.bsky.social website:
#WHM
historyofparliament.com/2025/03/14/l...
‘A woman actually voted!’: Lily Maxwell and the Manchester by-election of November 1867 - The History of Parliament
More than half a century before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918, Lily Maxwell, a Manchester shopkeeper, cast a parliamentary vote. Dr Kathryn Rix
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March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#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...
Find out how in this article, originally posted on the @victoriancommons.bsky.social website:
#WHM
historyofparliament.com/2025/03/14/l...
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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...
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.
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It is a small contribution to the decades-long effort by activists and scholars to raise publi...
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March 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
#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...
Margaret Bondfield (Re) Discovered by Dr. Paula Bartley
In our latest post, Dr. Paula Bartley reflects on some of the archival challenges of studying women’s history in her latest excellent book, Labour Women In Power: Cabinet Ministers in the Twe…
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March 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#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
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Working Women in History | The National Archives
To mark Women’s History Month, we take a long view of working women. Our guest host, Jessamy Carlson invites three historians to explore the lives of
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March 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/wo...
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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
March 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
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
March 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
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
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library!
Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk
Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We’ve launched our new look LSE Digital Library!
Take a look digital.library.lse.ac.uk
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 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.
March 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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 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!
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
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March 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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!
Reposted by Dr Lisa Berry-Waite
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 👏🏻
Well done @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and Penny McMahon for their display on the formidable women who contributed to Parliament’s War Effort during WW2 👏🏻
March 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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 👏🏻
Well done @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social and Penny McMahon for their display on the formidable women who contributed to Parliament’s War Effort during WW2 👏🏻