When I’m not at my desk at Glasgow Women’s Library, I’m usually working away on my PhD, which I’m undertaking part-time at the University of Glasgow. It’s been a while since I posted about my research, so I thought I would share some of the progress I have been making over the last year.
Author: Sue
Where’s Winky? Suffragettes and Satire
“How’s your PhD?” This is a question I’m asked regularly these days – by Women’s Library colleagues, friends and family. I pause, partly because I’m still a wee bit in […]
Emma Ritch: A Personal Tribute
On Monday 12th July I, like many, heard of the sudden death of Emma Ritch, the Executive Director of Engender. The shock, disbelief and grief are palpable, numbing.
Satire and Suffragettes – Objects of Interest.
It’s fair to say that I’ve been interested in Suffragettes since I was young girl. Maybe it’s being Mancunian – the Pankhurst legacy looms large in that city of radicals. […]
Let Us Tell You a Story…
… About 21 Revolutions. Who doesn’t love to be read to? Being transported through surprising places, times and emotions is a joy at any time, and being read to by […]
2020: Hope/Fully Fear/Less
In looking forward to greeting a new decade, it’s perhaps only natural to reflect on the last. But in greeting 2020 I want to look back even further, to 2007…
Happy International Women’s Day – From the Heart
In the 26 years I’ve been involved, there’s not much I haven’t found myself doing for Glasgow Women’s Library. Through love, through necessity, but always with a profound belief in […]
Epic Eighteen: Thank you for a truly incredible year
I suppose that being drawn to reflect upon the past year is natural as we start to close up our wonderful Library for the festive period. As 2018 dawned, I truly didn’t think that it could have topped recent years, during which we embarked on renovation works, won multiple awards, welcomed more people through our doors than ever before and delivered incredibly exciting programmes of events. But as it turned out, 2018 was epic.
Just Another Phase!
If you’ve visited Glasgow Women’s Library of late, you can’t help but have noticed that we are once again shrouded in scaffolding, from top to bottom and right around the building. This marks the next vital stage of the renovations to our stunning Grade B Listed building.
Part of the Solution
Many items in GWL’s museum, archive and library collections also remind us that we can work together to change the world for the better.