The WEA Women in Public Life group from Falkirk are the latest national group to visit GWL in our new premises. This community based learning group have researched the history of the suffragettes in Falkirk and are currently working on an environmental project. After an introductory visit from Morag, the library’s national lifelong learning development worker, the group wanted to see the library for themselves.
We arranged a behind the scenes tour of the Mitchell Library and Hannah, our archivist, showed the group some of the items we have in our archive, including anti-suffragette postcards, a suffragette clock and an original copy of the Suffragette Post from 1913.
The group and GWL staff really enjoyed the visit. We asked them what they thought of the library and what they would like to see here in the future. Here are a few of their comments:
“Had a wonderful day, so friendly and interesting, meeting like-minded women..would like to see sofas and coffee and help to access material and do research”
“..It will be nice to see the library finished..to sit and read about some of the famous women and have a tea room and chat to other people to see where they come from and their culture”
“enjoyed my day very much, interesting and stimulating..have found myself wishing I lived nearer to such a wonderful resource”
The library is a national resource, so it’s always great to see women from across Scotland visiting our space. If you are part of a group from outside Glasgow and would like to arrange a visit, just get in touch with us on info@womenslibrary.org.uk
