‘For Peace!’ is displayed at the Glasgow Women’s Library until Saturday, 5th July. It is wheelchair accessible and free to enter. Check out all GWL events via the online events […]
Category: Our History
Gender Studies Student Kirstin Murray blogs on The Importance of Feminist Spaces (1 of 3)
Hello! My name is Kirsten, and I am currently undertaking a MSc in Applied Gender Studies. Part of my master’s is a research placement which I am completing at the […]
Gender Studies Student Kirstin Murray blogs on Photographing Lesbian Activism (3 of 3)
Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) has a rich history and connection to LGBTQ+ activism, specifically lesbian activism. Within GWL’s collection of photographic material there are photographs of the Lesbian Avengers organising […]
Gender Studies Student Kirsten Murray blogs on Who Writes Our Stories (2 of 3)
While looking through and cataloguing Glasgow Women’s Library’s (GWL) collection of photographic material I noticed photographs from book signings and events that authors had attended. Most noticeably there are photographs […]
Coming together during the storm: a review of GWL exhibitions
As it gets increasingly more difficult to read or watch the news (I could put a long list here of everything that is so very wrong with the world at […]
Gender Studies student Maisie Taylor blogs about Writing the LGBTQ+ Research Guide and The Lesbian Avengers
During the development of the LGBTQ+ research guide, I had the chance to explore a wide variety of collections and topics such as the Lesbian Avengers. The Lesbian Avengers were […]
Volunteer Stories -Three Decades of Volunteering
Watch a video featuring past and present volunteers sharing their memories of their time at GWL.
Beverly McFarlane and her journey with activism
I was brought up with a strong sense of right and wrong, but ironically, some of those who taught me failed to abide by their own teaching. Bullying, physical and […]
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.
From ‘Mother House’ to ‘Role Play’, placement student Viki explores the work of artist Pamela So
As part of our ‘GWL Origins: Pre-internet Community Building’ exhibition GWL recreated a vinyl window text site from Pam So’s ‘Mother House’ (1998) exhibited in the prior Trongate space of […]