In October 2021, Glasgow Women’s Library and Lingo Flamingo invited women from Dennistoun to tell us about their own history and share their ideas about what parts of women’s history and lives in Dennistoun could be celebrated.

In towns and cities around Scotland, the lives and stories of many women remain forgotten or unrecorded. This project aimed to start discovering some of the women who are part of Dennistoun’s past and also part of its’ future. We worked with local women and organisations and formed a project group comprised of women who lived in Dennistoun and GWL volunteers and learners. The group were trained in research and oral history skills and did everything from craft work and doing research at the Mitchell library to interviewing Dennistoun women about their lives and chatting to people at local events. We had so many ideas and discovered so much, that fitting it into one small map and booklet involved difficult choices. We know there are many more stories about women’s lives and histories in Dennistoun to uncover, but we hope you enjoy what we’ve discovered so far!

Download: Discovering Women’s Heritage in Dennistoun Booklet (pdf)

Download: Dennistoun Women’s Heritage Map (pdf)

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