Postponed! This Is Who We Are: Firebrand Women: Peace Campaigners

This Is Who We Are

To celebrate moving into our new home, over the Autumn months we will be holding a series of talks and walks about who we are and what we do.

We will also be introducing some of the Firebrand Women from our collections: the Suffragettes, the women who were instrumental in the Peace Campaigns, Red Clydeside and the Rent Strikes. In addition to this we will showcase our Badges of Honour and 21 Revolutions projects, and take in a women’s heritage walk of the East End.

Firebrand Women: Peace Campaigners
Thursday 14th November, 5.30pm to 7pm (free)

We have had to postpone this session as due to the move to our new home we have limited access to the collection. This event will now take place next near. Sign up to our mailing list to ensure you are kept up to date with this and all other events.

From Greenham Common to Faslane, from Trident to Polaris; women have been instrumental in campaigning against nuclear weapons, coming up with new and imaginative forms of non-violent action. These women challenged the Government’s assertion that nuclear weapons were necessary to protect people. They contrasted the horrors of war with the joys of everyday life, forming links between the political and the personal. Come along and be introduced to their lives and stories and if you were involved please bring your badges and stories.

Other This Is Who We Are events this Autumn:

An Introduction to the Women’s Library
Tuesday 1st October, 5.30pm to 7pm
Bridgeton Library, Olympia Building

Glasgow Women’s Library, the only women’s library in Scotland, is moving to Bridgeton. In this informal session, members of the library team will share their vision for the future and answer any and all questions about our work. Come and meet the team. 

East End Women’s Heritage Walk
Sunday 13th October, 2pm to 4pm (free)

Join Women Make History tour guides on our most recently developed Women’s Heritage Walk.

Firebrand Women: The Suffragettes
Thursday 10th October, 5.30pm to 7pm (free)

Come along to GWL and find out about the local women who campaigned for women’s suffrage. Women who marched, smashed windows, set fire to post boxes and were force fed in prison for the cause.

Booking

These events are free of charge. Please click here to book your free place(s) or contact us on 0141 248 9969 for more information. Please be sure to let us know which of the events you wish to attend.

These events are supported by Clyde Gateway.