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Podcast: Dina Nayeri Interview

Published on 30th September, 2019 by GWL

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GWL Digital Reads bring you a podcast with Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee.

Qiu Jin

Published on 12th September, 2019 by GWL

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Qiu Jin was a Chinese revolutionary feminist and poet who was known as China’s Joan of Arc.

Sojourner Truth

Published on 12th September, 2019 by GWL

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At a meeting of women’s rights activists the noise from heckling clergymen was so bad that no one could quieten them. Then Sojourner Truth spoke out: ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ By the time she finished, the disrespect had turned to a roar of approval.

Catherine Hogg-Blair

Published on 12th September, 2019 by GWL

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Catherine Hogg-Blair was a Suffragette from East Lothian whose farm was a secret refuge for Scottish suffragettes who had been released from prison under the Cat and Mouse Act.

Doria Shafik

Published on 12th September, 2019 by GWL

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Doria Shafik was one of the principal leaders of the women’s liberation movement in Egypt in the mid-1940s. She founded an Egyptian feminist organization called The Daughters of The Nile, dedicated to educating and organizing working women of all classes.

Frances McPhun

Published on 12th September, 2019 by GWL

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Frances McPhun graduated with an MA in Political Economy from Glasgow University, where she and her sister Margaret were members of the University’s suffrage union. Arrested for smashing windows in London, they went on hunger strike in Holloway Prison.

Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi

Published on 12th September, 2019 by GWL

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Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi is a women’s rights activist and an associate professor of women’s history at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia.

NMRD Object of the Month: Get Lower! zine

Published on 6th September, 2019 by GWL

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The National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. September 2019’s NMRD Object of the month is Get Lower!, a zine about derby life created by rookie skater Dorothy Damage.

Autumn 2019 Programme Out Now

Published on 22nd August, 2019 by GWL

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Our Autumn Programme 2019 is now available and you can pick up your copy of the beautiful printed brochure at GWL, take a look on our website, or download a pdf programme to find out all about events and projects happening this season.

Job Vacancy: Archive / Heritage Apprentice

Published on 2nd August, 2019 by GWL

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The deadline for applications for this post has now passed.

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about caring for cultural heritage (particularly that of marginalised groups and cultures) to join our Lesbian Lives: Revealing Hidden Herstories project as an Archive / Heritage Apprentice.