The walk should last approximately 2 hours. Please wear sensible shoes as you will be walking around the Glasgow Necropolis which involves some small inclines.

Booking is essential. For more information or to book your place click here to send us an email or you can call us on 07783 975 044. Please note that the GWL mobile is only available during office hours.

Supported by Historic Glasgow

Uncover the Merchant City’s hidden history during this walk around Glasgow’s cosmopolitan hub. Join Glasgow Women’s Library tour guides to discover the female stars that stud the fabric of this famous quarter. Scandal, vice, radicalism, regeneration and revival are topics highlighted by this original tour.

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Sunday 20 September 2009 – 10am to 12pm

This walk is taking place as part of the Doors Open Weekend. All bookings must go through their website.

Click here to make a booking.

Behind the doors of this fairly average city centre building lies a Scottish success story. These are the temporary premises of Glasgow Women’s Library and its unique collection of archive materials that record Suffragettes to Women’s Libbers, and contains knitting patterns to radical badges.

Saturday 19 September, 10am to 1pm
81 Parnie Street (2nd Floor), Glasgow G1 5RH

A part of the Doors Open weekend we are inviting you to drop in to meet our new archivist and explore the Library’s hidden gems for a sneak preview before we relocate to permanent premises at the Mitchell Library.

For more information: please call 0141 552 8345 or contact the Library.

Information Session for Introduction to Women’s Studies

What type of Society do we live in? What makes us who we are? Are women naturally more caring than men? Who came to Scotland between the 1830’s and 1930’s? Are there different rules for men and women? These are some of the questions we look at in our Introduction to Women’s Studies course.
Wednesday 19 August, 1pm to 3pm

Doors Open at the Library

Come and take a peek behind the doors of GWL, meet our new archivist and have at sneak preview at some of the library’s hidden gems of the collection.
Saturday 19th September, 10am to 1pm

Doors Open Merchant City Women’s Heritage Walk

For this years Doors Open weekend why not join Glasgow Women’s Library tour guides to discover the female stars that stud the fabric of the famous Merchant City.
Sunday 20 September, 10am to 12pm

Banner Making

Come along to our banner making sessions to use your arts and crafts skills in a relaxed and creative environment to produce a GWL and WEA banner to be taken on the Gude Cause re-enactment march in October.
Tuesday Afternoons on 22 and 29 September, and 6 October, 1pm to 3pm

Merchant City Festival Women’s Heritage Walk

As part of the 2009 Merchant City Festival you can join Glasgow Women’s Library tour guides in discovering the female stars that stud the fabric of the famous Merchant City.
Sunday 27 September, 2pm to 4pm

Singing for a Gude Cause

GWL and WEA are hosting 2 singing workshops for Gude Cause. The workshops will give you the opportunity to learn the songs for the Gude Cause march re-enactment. The workshops are open to any women who want to be involved whether you feel have singing ability or not!
Wednesday Evenings on 30 September and 7 October, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Women Writers Unite: Experience Counts

The final in our series of Women Writers Unite events sees women writers come together to read their work and show that “Experience Counts”.
Wednesday 14 October, 7pm to 9pm