Older Posts: 2009
Settling in, windy roads and Cairngorm sunsets…
Just settling into my new role developing National Lifelong Learning at GWL and really enjoying it. Having spent the first few weeks getting to know the team, I’ve now started […]
Women In The War Zone
A vivid portrait of the sordid reality of war, but also of the bravery and generosity of the women who fought against it
Settling in and organizing the archive
I’ve now spent three weeks working full time at the library and am loving my new role. Thank you to everyone for making me feel so welcome. It’s been great […]
Women Professors? Never!
It took women 400 years to get into Glasgow Uni, but how long did it take them to teach there?
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 this course. You can enrol for this course until the end of September.
Old Girls
Zoë Strachan’s play “Old Girls” is going to open the new season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Glasgow’s Oran Mor. A nice lunch time outing perhaps?
Book Reviews
We have a lovely collection of review copies in the library. If you would like to review a book for our newsletter, and see your name in print (!)…
End Of Placement
Well Folks, Thats my time on placement coming to an end. I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone at The Glasgow Women’s Library. I feel so […]
New Faces, new hats
Hello, Just wanted to mention how fantastic it is to have some new faces added to the Library staff team of late. Morag the new Lifelong Learning Development Worker is […]
Changing the Face of Comedy
How many women does it take to change the face of comedy? According to an article in the Times today the answer is 80!