We’re delighted to be launching our new Summer programme. This season our 30th Anniversary project Three Decades of Changing Minds picks up momentum alongside lots of amazing events and exhibitions taking place in the library, online and outdoors!
Category: News
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 […]
A Striking Lens: Recent Additions Recognising Women’s Art
As the Glasgow Women’s Library continues to acquire more books, I will attempt to highlight some of the recent additions that I personally found very intriguing.
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
Knowing the Dalits in the Dalit History Month
Hello, my name is Anushka Bhilwar (pronouns: they/she). I am a recent graduate from of Public Policy from University of Stirling, Scotland. Quite recently, my identity of Dalit woman; a […]
May’s Digital Book Group Read: Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick
The next book which we will be reading in the Digital Book Group is Alice Hattrick’s Ill Feelings, an intrepid, galvanising meditation on illness, disability, feminism, and what it means […]
An update on visiting Glasgow Women’s Library
There is no longer a legal requirement to wear face coverings indoors in public buildings in Scotland. However, as we continue to prioritise the health, safety and comfort of our Glasgow Women’s Library visitors, volunteers and staff, and in line with continued guidance, we ask that all visitors, volunteers and staff continue to wear face coverings when moving around the building.
PAST-Recruiting Volunteer Tour Guides and Tour Guide Assistants
We’d like to grow our team of volunteer Women’s Heritage Walks tour guides and tour guide assistants and would love to hear from you if you are interested in women’s history, or want to learn more, and who want to contribute to making women’s achievements, lives and contributions more visible and better known.
She Settles in the Shields: Intergenerational Story 5: Zubaidah Azad, Sahira Zafar and Mehreen Zafar
Zubaidah Azad arrived in Scotland as a toddler with her Family in 1953. Sadly her family experienced the India/Pakistan partition in which they lost loved ones. Despite the trauma, her […]
She Settles in the Shields : Intergenerational Story 4 – Kishwar Siddiq and Farah Siddiq
At age 15, Balkese Anwar migrated to Scotland. She raised 6 wonderful children. Her middle child Kishwar moved to Pollokshields after marriage in 1990. A well-known face in Pollokshields, Kishwar […]