A background to The Actresses Franchise League – the organisation that first put on ‘A Pageant of Great Women’.
Category: Lifelong Learning Blog
Looking Back on 2014
As an exciting and momentous year draws to an end we are reflecting over all that we have achieved in our first year in our new home in Bridgeton. We […]
Cinema Really is for All
In September I attended the Cinema for All conference which was themed around collaboration and working together. Here’s my thoughts on the weekend and how it relates to what we do at the Library.
Clydeside Women’s Heritage Bike Ride Launch
One of our cycling volunteers shares here what to expect from the Clydeside Women’s Heritage Bike Ride: The launch of a cycle route in Glasgow commemorating the history and achievements of […]
Reading Group for Muslim Women
The next book for the Reading Group has arrived! The book is called ‘Khadija; The first Muslim and wife of Prophet Muhammad’ which explores the birth period of Islam […]
West End Women’s Heritage Walk
This pioneering women’s heritage walk revealed a hidden history of the West End of Glasgow: pipe-smoking forewomen, revolting schoolmistresses, and the unique car made by and for women. A unique and inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End.
Can you help one of our supporters in her PhD Research Project?
Can you help one of our supporters in her PhD Research Project? Oral History Study on Conflict in Family Life and Relationships in Scotland 1979-1992 My name is Ann Donaldson […]
21 Resolutions
It’s New Year and this time around I’m making 21 resolutions. Join me if you can to feel great and make a big difference to your women’s library.
Five Years, Ten Events
In my five years at the library there have been so many fantastic events, this is my attempt to select my top ten.
Creating a Buzz around Social Media
I spent the day of Halloween learning about Social Media with fatBuzz and putting my newly found skills to good use on my return to the office wrote this blog about the experience.