Tag: Women’s History
Firebrand Women
GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, this session is Second Wave Feminism and the Peace Movement: the strident women who strove for peace and women’s liberation . Taking place at Glasgow Women’s Library.
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Also tagged Feminism, Lifelong Learning Blog, Peace Movement, talks, Women Make History, Women's History
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Opening Pandora’s Box
An exclusive unearthing of some lost German art pioneers. Followed by a workshop exploring more aspects of lesbian history and culture.
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Also tagged Arts, Learning at GWL, Lesbian Archive, lesbian culture, Lifelong Learning Blog, photography, talks, Women's History
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Learning about International Women’s Day
Come along to our learning event to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Women’s Library with the ALN team. (First of 2 sessions)
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Also tagged ALN, international women's day, Literacy & Numeracy, Suffragettes, The GWL Collection, Women's History, zines
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‘Travelling the Distance’ and the Scottish Parliament
After a few weeks of revising plans, pleading emails, panicked phone calls, the Making Space focus group and the Political Literacy group made it to Holyrood…
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Also tagged art, Events, Learning, Making Space, Public Art fund, Scotland, Scottish Parliament, Women's History
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Your Women’s Library in the Highlands
Introduction to national lifelong learning @ Glasgow Women’s Library. Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.Free of Charge. For more information contact Morag Smith.
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Also tagged Inverness, Lifelong Learning Blog, National Lifelong Learning, Taster sessions, WEA women@work, Women's History
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Women’s Work in the Highlands
Library staff and volunteers went on a road trip to Inverness just before Christmas to participate in the Women’s Work in the Highlands conference. This day event, organised in partnership by WEA Scotland, GWL and the Highland Archive Centre, was a chance to explore and celebrate the working lives of Highland women. There were inspirational [...]
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Also tagged Highland Archive Centre, Highlands, Inverness, WEA Scotland, Women's History
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Women’s Work in the Highlands
This free conference looking at working women in the Highlands and the history of women’s work will take place at the new Highlands Archive Centre, Inverness.
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Also tagged history, National Lifelong Learning, Scottish Highlands, Women's History
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Women of Clydebank – past and present
The women of the WEA Clydebank group have been meeting for many years every Wednesday morning. GWL visited them recently as part of the National Lifelong Learning Development Project and discovered a wealth of experience and fascinating stories. We talked about the lives of many women in Clydebank, including Mary Preston who worked as a [...]
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Also tagged Clydebank, Learning at GWL, National Lifelong Learning, Women Make History, Women's History
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Wigtown Women’s Trail Group
Members of Wigtown Women’s Trail Group are busy researching and planning a fantastic women’s heritage walk in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway and you can follow their progress on the GWL website blog from the group. The group have been researching their walk for a few months now and are planning to launch the walk in [...]
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Also tagged National Lifelong Learning, wigtown women's trail, Women's History
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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!
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Also tagged Events, Gude Cause, Lifelong Learning Blog, Political Song, Singing, Suffragettes, Women Make History, Women's History
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