The collection of Glasgow-based global community anti-poverty activist Cathy McCormack now catalogued and accessible
Category: Blog
Staff, volunteers and student placements share updates from projects and events at Glasgow Women’s Library
Digitising GWL’s audiovisual archive collection
Archive volunteer Jenny blogs about work on digitising GWL’s audiovisual archive collection
Book Picnic March 2025
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Temperature monitoring at GWL – the highs and lows of a 120-year-old building
An update on our ongoing project Towards a Green Library and steps we’re taking to get our building closer to operational net zero.
Reflection on The Women Who Uncovered the Spycops Scandal screening at GWL
One of our volunteers shares reflections on our recent screening of ‘The Spies Who Ruined Our Lives’, alongside recommendations for further reading on the topic.
LGBTQ+ History Month Books
Hello, I am Mae, one of the volunteers at The Glasgow Women’s Library and I have been tasked with creating a collection of books for LGBTQ+ History month. After a […]
Book Picnic February 2025
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Valentine’s Day: Love and Loathing in Postcards of the Suffrage Age
My PhD research focusses on several themes that emerge in ‘comic’ anti-suffrage / anti-women postcards produced by private companies between 1900 and 1930, and also examines the handwritten messages on the back of the postcards to add insight into societal attitudes at the time.
Muna Saeed: Helping to Heal or to Escape
This essay was shared with us by Muna Saeed to include in our current exhibition While We Wait. Muna is Glasgow based refugee writer from Yemen.
GWL at 30: Anti-racist work
In this podcast volunteers Niamh and Joy chat with Co-founder and Co-director Adele Patrick, BME Women’s Project Development Worker Syma Ahmed, and Outreach and Engagement Development worker Lil Green, about […]