This blog on the Edinburgh Women’s Centre Archive will explore a couple of the women’s groups that were involved in supporting women in work. Again, such sentiments were intrinsic to […]
Category: Placements and Volunteers Blog
Ella’s Student Placement; Edinburgh Women’s Liberation and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
We carry on our blogs on the Edinburgh Women’s Centre Archive by delving into the contentious issue of reproductive rights. As one of its founding demands passed at the 1971 […]
Story Cafe Round-up: Harlem Renaissance
What have we been reading and chatting about at Story Cafe? Pauline shares her thoughts.. Special thanks to Fi for all her wonderful research – it was such a memorable […]
Unveiling Feminist History; Ella’s Student Placement Exploring the Edinburgh Women’s Centre Archive
Hello, my name’s Ella Lyttle, and I am a history student at Glasgow University. I am coming to the end of a short but sweet placement here at Glasgow Women’s […]
Story Cafe Round up: Libraries Week!
Pauline reflects on our love of all things libraries… Story Cafe 28th September Wendy introduced our theme by saying that Libraries Week is an annual showcase and celebration of the […]
Women in Profile: From Glasgow to Nuremberg
As part of her placement at GWL, Catherine spent time in the archive researching the library’s international connections to queer and feminist groups and institutions. She also had the pleasure of speaking with Adele Patrick about her memories of Women in Profile’s early links to international groups.
Origin Story: She Settles in the Shields
Interviewing Syma Ahmed about the impact and necessity of documenting the lives of migrant women in Pollockshields.
Open The Door – recommendations and reflections
I am back! Before I let you dive into the amazing recommendations to come, I would like to share some more insights into myself. I am hoping some of you […]
Story Cafe Special: Anne Pia
Pauline reflects on a fabulous afternoon with Dr Anne Pia, who read from and talked about her new poetry collection Dragons Wear Lipstick. Wendy welcomed everyone to Story Cafe and […]
Volunteer Story- Pauline
My involvement with GWL started almost 10 years ago when, encouraged by my daughter who is a friend of Wendy, I first visited the library. It quickly became part of my life, especially the Story Cafe which I help Wendy with and for which I now write a regular blog.