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Music in the archive
Last week, the Library had a visit from Debi Withers, one of the women behind the Women’s Liberation Music Archive. Glasgow Women’s Library were delighted to welcome Debi as she consulted material from our archive.
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Coatbridge intergenerational project
Our women’s history researchers from Coatbridge, the Lanarkshire Inquisitors, went back to school for 6 weeks and have been updating their technology skills, with a bit of help from 4th year students of the XL group at St Andrew’s High school in Coatbridge.
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Tagged Coatbridge, National Lifelong Learning, Women's History
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Twentieth Anniversary celebrations continue
Exclusive new works by Anne Donovan, Margaret Elphinstone, Karen Campbell and Donna Moore; new fine art print works by artists Claire Barclay and Ashley Cook, as well as a performance by Ellie Harrison at the first twentieth anniversary celebration in 2012.
A message of support from the First Minister
The Mapping Memorials to Women Scotland project, launching on 10th March 2012, has received a message of support from First Minister Alex Salmond. The project, developed by Glasgow Women’s Library and Women’s History Scotland, aims to record memorials to women across Scotland
Change of start date for Dumbarton’s History Course
There is a change on the start date for our Researching Women’s History in Dumbarton course. Instead of Friday the 24th of February it will start on Friday the 9th of March.
Book of the Month – Not a passing phase: reclaiming lesbians in history 1840-1985
To celebrate LGBT History Month, we highlight a fascinating book from the library collection which tackles the difficulties of writing lesbian history. Have lesbians been expunged from history by academics and biographers who wish to deny their existence? The authors of Not a passing phase certainly believe so. Written in 1989 by the Lesbian [...]
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New programme available to download NOW!
The new What’s On at Glasgow Women’s Library is available to download now. This programme is packed full of activities, courses and events. There is also information about the library, our various projects and how you can join for free!
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What’s On at the Library
Our new programme of events is out on 1 February 2012. It is jam packed full of fantastic activities across Scotland including things to do for International Women’s Day in March.
