Rebecca Close is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University doing a dissertation in artistic research as ‘reproductive work’. Rebecca conducted research on the Sappho Archive held at GWL in 2022 and wrote this piece on Sappho, queer networks and assisted reproduction.
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Readers of Colour Recommends
Readers of Colour is a thriving community of women and non-binary folks of colour who meet once a month to discuss literature, film, podcasts and more by women and non-binary creatives of colour. In this blog, members of Readers of Colour are sharing books they’ve loved and would recommend. Enjoy!
107 Books Later, or, Nine Years and 5 Months with Glasgow Women’s Library
Book Group member Louise reflects on 9 1/2 years of reading – and more…
Digging for Women of the East End
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the 20th May, members and friends of GWL’s East End Detective group gathered at the Mercat Cross to try out a mini taster of the walk that will eventually become the Women’s Heritage walk around the East End of Glasgow.
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.
Your Lines of Flight: Various
During the initial ‘Feminist Lines of Flight’ project, an number of people shared their own lines of flight… Fiona Byrne-Sutton February 1, 2010 Poetry Window for a Small Blue Child […]
Sam Ainsley
To be enjoyed with sushi and red wine“ (I have an ex-student who could maybe make sushi, if we provide the ingredients?)” Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook London: HarperPerennial, 2007 […]
Alice Andrews
Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro et. al. Womanhouse Exhibition catalogue. Valencia, CA: Feminist Art Program, California Institute of the Arts, 1971 Read it here. Miriam Schapiro (ed.) Anonymous Was A Woman: […]