{"product_id":"necessary-women-the-untold-story-of-parliaments-working-women-paperback","title":"Necessary Women: The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMari Takayanagi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hallam Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen 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, domestic servants, and wives and daughters living in households. This book is their story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen 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 Eliza Arscot, who went from reigning as Principal Housemaid at the House of Lords to Hanwell Asylum; 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 to be paid the same as her male counterparts; the lives of these women have been largely unacknowledged - until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Mari Takayanagi is a historian and Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives and has worked there since 2000. She regularly appears on TV and radio and in in 2018 she co-curated \u003ci\u003eVoice and Vote: Women's Place in Parliament\u003c\/i\u003e in Westminster Hall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr. Elizabeth Hallam Smith was the first female Librarian at the House of Lords and before that was the Director of Public Services at The National Archives, Kew. She works closely with the Speaker's media team to promote Parliament's history, as her discovery of a hidden door-passage in Westminster Hall in 2020 brought worldwide attention. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862706118853,"sku":"9781803998770","price":37.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/SXl7QURngN9781803998770.webp?v=1771571756","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/necessary-women-the-untold-story-of-parliaments-working-women-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}