GWL at 30
Three Decades of Changing Minds: Project archivist Mae Moss blogs about her first month
Hello everyone! I’ve been working on the 30th anniversary project for just over 8 weeks now and what a ride it’s been! Having volunteered and worked with Glasgow Women’s Library […]
Five years of Opening the Door wide to the world of women’s reading and writing
GWL’s Dr Adele Patrick writes about five years of the groundbreaking Open the Door Festival
GWL’s Feminist Classification System
This is the eighth blog of a series in celebration of GWL’s 30th anniversary. Find out more about highlights from the Library’s past Newsletters.
Reading and writing as feminist work
While we may not always recognise them as such, the acts of reading or writing are inherently feminist. On both a personal and political level, these undertakings can transform our lives. Curious about what reading and writing meant to other feminists, I asked some volunteers from the Glasgow Women’s Library to share their own experiences with the written word. This is what I found out.
GWL at 30: Changes in Lifelong Learning
Drawing on GWL’s Newsletters, published from 1996 to 2008, this post examine the development of the Lifelong Learning programme, something that continues to nourish the life of those of us who are involved in the library today, sometimes without us even being aware of it.
Transformations
Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 2021. Since its creation GWL has helped and enriched the lives of countless women and non-binary people. A two year study was carried out at the University of Strathclyde exploring this impact and the transformative power GWL has had over the years. This blog includes more information on the academics who carried out the research as well as an interview with them. The blog will also introduce the exhibition entitled Transformations on display in the library building until the 2nd of April 2022 which presents the findings of the study through artwork.
She Settles in the Shields : Intergenerational Story 2 – Shafqat and Saadya Sabir
For International Women’s Week 2022, Glasgow Women’s Library is pleased to celebrate five intergenerational stories as told by some of wonderful women from Pollokshields. We will be sharing one story […]
Intergenerational Stories – She Settles in the Shields
For International Women’s Week 2022, Glasgow Women’s Library is pleased to celebrate five intergenerational stories as told by some of wonderful women from Pollokshields. We will be sharing one story […]
Read our LiPS again: Lesbians in Peer Support
This is the sixth blog of a series exploring the GWL newsletters published from 1996 to 2008. This month we share some highlights from the regular column ‘Read our LIPS: Lesbians in Peer Support’.
GWL at 30: Health and Wellbeing
The sixth in a series of 12 blogs drawing on GWL’s newsletters published from 1996 to 2008 and showcasing past work on a range of issues from anti-racist work to access and inclusion. This month we look at how GWL has sought to improve women’s health and wellbeing.