If you visit Parliament Square in London, you will find a statue of leading suffragist Millicent Fawcett. Take a closer look at the base of this statue and you will find the names and small images of other notable feminists. One of these is the Victorian-era feminist, Frances Power Cobbe, who is also my great-great-great-great aunt.
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Book Picnic January 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.
Women’s Christmas Day: Ireland’s celebration of women
As the festive season draws to a close and we all return to normal life, on Monday (6th January) Ireland celebrated one last day of festivities with “Women’s Christmas Day” or, in Irish, “Nollaig na mBan”.
Book Picnic December 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Book Picnic November 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading recently.
Invisible women: an exercise in imagination
The Glasgow Women’s Library champions the voices of women who, for various reasons, haven’t been, or aren’t being, heard. Whether that’s refugees coming to Glasgow in the hope for a […]
Beyond the Boundary: The Unexpectedly Scottish and Suffragette History of the First England Women’s Cricket Team
In 1934, four of the Scotland women’s cricket team sailed to Australia to play for England.
GWL’s Lending Library – A Reading List
Just a wee reading list to inspire you for the colder months ahead. All the suggested books tell stories about the lives of women in very different situations, centuries and places.
Women’s Ongoing Fights for Reproductive Rights and for Deciding over Their Own Bodies
The legal situation for women deciding about their own bodies has been always been challenging, ambivalent and mostly determined by others – especially by men. When it comes to unwanted pregnancies, women must go through protracted processes – often associated with shame, guilt and high costs – in order to have an abortion. Looking at the contemporary legal situation and the rights a woman has over her uterus, we should be shocked to see that outdated laws are still being adhered to.
Summer Programme Launch
Our volunteer Pauline braved the torrential rain to take part in the launch of the Summer 2024 Programme on Thursday 23rd May. You can find the full programme here (in written and audio formats), but here are some of the highlights.