If you visit Parliament Square in London, you will find a statue of leading suffragist Millicent Fawcett. Take a closer look at the base of this statue and you will find the names and small images of other notable feminists. One of these is the Victorian-era feminist, Frances Power Cobbe, who is also my great-great-great-great aunt.
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Story Cafe round up: women photographers
Wendy welcomed everyone, saying it was lovely to see so many familiar faces and some new ones for our first Story Cafe of 2025. Today we celebrated early women photographers […]
Book Picnic January 2025
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Archive volunteer recruitment
GWL houses a truly unique collection of materials relating to diverse women’s lives and contributions. Our collection include materials documenting women’s role in: activism, work, including in the home, arts, […]
Women’s Christmas Day: Ireland’s celebration of women
As the festive season draws to a close and we all return to normal life, on Monday (6th January) Ireland celebrated one last day of festivities with “Women’s Christmas Day” or, in Irish, “Nollaig na mBan”.
Story Cafe round up: food and celebration
There was a relaxed “end of term” atmosphere at the final Story Cafe of 2024. Wendy had planned our readings for the first hour to feature food and especially the […]
Book Picnic December 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Story Cafe round up: Urdu Poetry
Pauline, our devoted Story Café blogger, couldn’t make it this week, so I had my pen and notebook at the ready to take notes…. We had a full house for […]
Story Cafe round up: Hope
Wendy explained that our theme today was Hope to tie in with Book Week Scotland and the Scottish Book Trust free publication Hope, which is available from libraries around Scotland. […]
Christmas Reading Ideas
With Christmas fast approaching here is a list of some books I have put together which may make you laugh, cry or even both over the holidays. The Glasgow Women’s […]