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March of Women
7th March, 2015
The performance event is now fully booked but we would still love people to watch and walk with us, meet outside the Library at 2pm on Saturday 7th March or see below for the route and join us along the way.
Join March of Women on the eve of International Women’s Day 2015. Celebrate the achievements of Scottish women past and present. Make history by taking part in this filmed public art event.
Following a performance of Suffragette play A Pageant of Great Women by Cicely Hamilton, join a procession of women from Glasgow and beyond spilling out of Glasgow Women’s Library onto the streets of Bridgeton.
Performance: A Pageant of Great Women
1pm to 2pm
A filmed performance event with limited public access. In Hamilton’s play, Woman versus Prejudice, presided over by Justice, enact a court case where over a 100 women are presented as evidence of outstanding achievement. In this reenactment role models have been found amongst the library bookshelves. Accompanied by an uplifting playlist and with some script adaptations by performance participants, they demonstrate the humour and commitment required to survive as a woman in today’s world.
Please note that the performance at GWL is now fully booked.
Watch and Walk
2pm to 3.30pm
You can witness this public art celebration by processing to Glasgow Green amongst women from history. Meet outside Glasgow Women’s Library at 2pm to walk with the procession to the Drying Green, Glasgow Green.
All are welcome to join us on the procession from the Library to Glasgow Green which starts outside Glasgow Women’s Library at 2pm. No booking necessary.
How to Process as a Woman from History
Come to a briefing session at GWL 11am on Saturday 7th March, (please wear white). You will select your woman and be given a beautiful sash with her name. Then join us for the performance and take part in our procession. If you are interested in reserving a space to process as a woman form history please book below.
Once the spaces have been reserved we will take names for a waiting list. If you want to be added to the waiting list please email info@womenslibrary.org.uk and please do watch and walk with us, meeting outside the Library at 2pm, or join anywhere along the route.
Other March of Women Events
Why not attend one of our March of Women events in the lead up to 7th March. Visit our March of Women Calendar to see what we have planned, from Creative Workshops to a Suffragette Graphic Novel event.
