Tag: Dundee

Memories of Dundee’s jute mills

By Morag | Published 10th November, 2011

We held a Herstory “Bring and Tell” workshop as part of Dundee Women’s Festival in March 2011. Sheila Campbell brought some beautiful photographs of her mother who worked in the jute mills as a young girl. Listen to Sheila and other workshop participants talk about her mother and other memories.

Posted in Oral Histories | Also tagged childhood, jute mills, National Lifelong Learning, Oral History, Women's History, work 1 Comment

Dundee Women’s Festival 2011

By Morag | Published 16th May, 2011

GWL was at the Dundee Women’s Festival in March, organising workshops to complement our mobile exhibition “Between Future and Past”. At the Women’s History Bring and Tell workshops in the afternoon, Elaine told us about her admiration for her daughter, and Sheila brought some beautiful photographs of her mother as a young woman when she [...]

Posted in Blog, National Lifelong Learning Blog | Also tagged Events, international women's day, Workshops 1 Comment

Bzzz bzzz bzzz – my first weeks in the Glasgow Women’s Library. Bzzz!

By Kerstin | Published 11th March, 2011

My first week in the Glasgow Women’s Library or as I call it affectionately – the feminist beehive – was amazing. But be warned! On first glance everything seems chaotic and pretty confusing. However, clarity and understanding will arise in the second week, I promise! :-) 12 busy bees working all on their own little [...]

Posted in Blog, National Lifelong Learning Blog, Placements and Volunteers Blog | Also tagged Dumbarton, international women's day, Placement, volunteer Leave a comment

GWL at Dundee International Women’s Centre

By Morag | Published 15th April, 2010

GWL lifelong learning staff travelled to Dundee International Women’s Centre in February and March as part of our National Lifelong Learning programme. Morag and Syma led a session introducing GWL’s mobile exhibition She Settles in the Shields. This exhibition tells the untold stories of migrant women in Pollokshields. Told in their own words, the women [...]