Mari Takayanagi

Dr Mari Takayanagi is a historian and Senior Archivist at the UK Parliamentary Archives. She is currently joint project manager and co-curator of 'Voice and Vote: Women's Place in Parliament', a major public exhibition on Parliament, women and the vote in Westminster Hall, 27 June – 6 October 2018.

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The Representation of the People Act 1918: A Democratic Milestone in the UK and Ireland

The Representation of the People Act 1918: A Democratic Milestone in the UK and Ireland

  The Representation of the People Act 1918 gave the UK Parliamentary vote to virtually all men and the first women on 6 February 1918, making 2018 one of the most important centenaries in the democratic history of the UK and ...