This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to meet the women who travelled to Scotland from all over the world, in search of family, love and security.
Untold stories of migrant women in Pollokshields
Told in their own words, the women reveal their experiences of life in their traditional homelands, together with their reasons for leaving, their arrival and first impressions of Scotland and Pollokshields, the feelings of isolation which accompanied migration, and their encounters with work, study, and the local community. It also provides an intimate insight into family, intergenerational differences, and, on a more light-hearted note, of food, fashion, relaxation and celebration.
The story of Pollokshields’ migrant women is one of hope and despair, challenge and success.
The exhibition will be display at the Library from Wednesday 7th April until Wednesday 21st April.
