Tag: Women’s History
A Voice of Dissent: A Woman’s Journey Through the Long Eighteenth Century
Uses literature by and for women in the 18th and 19th centuries as evidence of how their lives really were.
Posted in Book Reviews, GWL Recommends, Reading Ideas
Also tagged 18th century, 19th century, Jennifer Kelsey, Women's History
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West End Women’s Heritage Walk Podcast
Explore the hidden history of the West End with our new podcast, available to download now for the introductory price of just £3.
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Also tagged Podcasts, Walks, west end, West End Women's Heritage Walk, Women Make History, Women's History
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Coatbridge: Researching Women’s History
Following on from our success in Clydebank, we are running a new Researching Women’s History course in Coatbridge…
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Also tagged Courses, history, National Lifelong Learning, Women Make History, Women's History
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Researching Women’s History in Clydebank
This 10 week course, starting in January 2011 at Dalmuir Community Centre in Clydebank, will focus on women’s history in Clydebank. Join in with the group and research Clydebank suffragettes or create your own project about another Clydebank woman.
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Also tagged Clydebank, Learning at GWL, National Lifelong Learning, Suffragettes, Women's History
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Researching Women’s History in Clydebank
Would you like to find out more about women in the Blitz; the suffragettes in Clydebank; the Singer factory strikers; and women who worked in the shipyards? Jane Rae, Mary Haldane, Jenny Hyslop – do you know the stories of these women? Or maybe there is another woman from Clydebank’s past you would like to know more about…
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Also tagged Courses, Events, Learning at GWL, National Lifelong Learning, Scotland, Taster sessions, Women's History
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Who Does She Think She Is?
Ever wanted to research your family history but don’t have time? Where on earth do you start? Well, right here, at the Auction of Pleasures!
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Also tagged Archivist, Auction items, Auction of Pleasures, Family History, Genealogy, Oral History, Women's History
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Callout: Second-wave feminism in NE Scotland, 1972-1990
Glasgow Women’s Library needs your stories! Were you: Involved in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp? Active in the socialist and feminists movements between 1972-1990? Active in the North-East of Scotland around the same time?
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Also tagged Events, exhibition, history, international women's day, National Lifelong Learning, Scotland, storytelling, women, Women Make History, Women's History
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Wigtown Community Festival-Mapping Her-story
GWL and Wigtown Women’s Walk Group are hosting an Open Day event as part of the Wigtown community festival. Mapping Her-story is open to all ages and will highlight the lives, history and acheivements of Wigtown women past and present.
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Also tagged Events, National Lifelong Learning, Wigtown, Women's History
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West End Women’s Heritage Walk
Back by popular demand, this pioneering women’s heritage walk, developed by women historians at GWL, reveals a hidden history of the West End: pipe-smoking forewomen, revolting schoolmistresses, and the unique car made by and for women. An intriguing, inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End.
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Also tagged history, west end, West End Women's Heritage Walk, Women Make History, Women's History
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Researching Your Local History
Do you have a favourite woman, place, building, or organisation you would like to know more about? Interested in researching the first women’s refuge or the meetings of the women’s suffrage movement? We can help!
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Also tagged Learning at GWL, Lifelong Learning Blog, research, Women Make History, Women's History
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