Older Posts: 2011
Amy Fleischer
The opportunity that was given to me at the Library to teach and share my skills/love for bookmaking also inspired me to pursue similar opportunities elsewhere and be a “self-starter”. The Library truly represents a model for me, which I plan to return to, time and time again, wherever I may live.
Jean Girdwood: Walking into Happiness
My name is Jean Girdwood and I first heard about Glasgow Women’s Library in 2006, through Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum where I am a voluntary guide. The library was looking for people to help with a project called Women Make History. The staff, leaders and my peers have been instrumental in promoting Glasgow Women’s History to every corner of Glasgow. We were encouraged to research both historical and living Glasgow Women who individually made a difference to the city both in the arts, sciences, education, politics etc, and not forgetting the ordinary or should I say extraordinary women of Glasgow who were/are an integral part of the development and history of Glasgow.
Kirsty Hood: Me and the Library
Women Make History drew me in to the library around October 2 years ago. I’d always had a soft spot for “the old days” stories my Gran would recount and hoped that getting involved would recreate a bit of Gran story warmth. I’d also missed researching since completing my history degree, and was looking to get some cogs turning again. Fairly naively, at that point I hadn’t considered the lack of recognition about Glasgow wimmen’s contribution to the city’s history. Very quickly it became clear that there were a wealth of stories about women’s achievements to be told, shared and celebrated.
GWL Learner Forum
We welcome everyone who has been coming along to learning, events and activities at GWL to come along and share their views and ideas with other Library learners and members of the GWL Learning Team.
A Life of One’s Own
A Life of One’s Own, by Marion Milner: a graphic review by Heather Middleton.
Women’s Words: A Literary Video Podcast
This short, free video podcast showcases the work of renowned author Louise Welsh and emerging writer Kirsty Logan. It is set in three fabulous locations which feature in Louise’s published work.
Living Classrooms
A second opportunity for local women to take part in creative learning in an outdoor environment in the Southside of Glasgow. Children also welcome. For more information contact Syma at the Library.
Launch of the Necropolis Women’s Heritage Walk Map
This event is now fully booked. The launch of our latest ground-breaking free Women’s Heritage Walk maps will be marked by a guided walk with some of the map’s researchers and its editor, Heather Middleton. A tour that digs the dirt on Victorian society, unearths women’s achievements and exhumes the history of some of the women buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.
Glasgow in the Making: Women’s West End Walk and Talk
For Glasgow in the Making we are holding our pioneering women’s heritage walk revealing a hidden history of the West End of Glasgow. A unique and inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End. Followed by refreshments and discussion at the Albany Learning and Conference Centre.
Archives of the Josephine Butler Society
We recently received a collection of archives from the Josephine Butler Society. Founded by Josephine Butler (1828-1906) herself in 1869, the Society was first known as the Ladies National Association. It was set up to oppose the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869.