POSTPONED: Where are the Women?

In discussion with our event partners Historic Environment Scotland, this event has been postponed due to ongoing concerns around Covid-19. We hope to reschedule in Autumn. All tickets will be refunded and those who have booked notified.

GWL is still open and other programmed events and activities are going ahead as normal. Please check our blog post on the website for up-to-date information here.

Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings – even in the hills and valleys? In Where Are the Women?, fictional streets, buildings, statues and monuments are dedicated to real women, telling their often unknown stories.

POSTPONED: Where Are the Women?, Saturday 14th March, 2pm to 3.30pm, £2/Free

Join author Sara Sheridan as she guides you through that alternative nation, where the cave on Staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal, and Arthur’s Seat isn’t Arthur’s, it belongs to St Triduana. You arrive into Dundee at Slessor Station and the Victorian monument on Stirling’s Abbey Hill interprets national identity through the women who ran hospitals during the First World War. The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark. And the plinths in central Glasgow proudly display statues of suffragettes.  Sara Sheridan will shed light on some of our amazing Glasgow-based foremothers and sheroes.

Sara Sheridan, named as one of the Saltire Society’s most influential women, past and present, is known for the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries, a series of historical novels based on Georgian and Victorian explorers, and has written non-fiction on the early life of Queen Victoria. With a fascination for uncovering forgotten women in history, she is an active campaigner and feminist. Where Are the Women? A Guide to an Imagined Scotland is published by Historic Environment Scotland.

‘I can’t imagine how I might have conceived of myself and my possibilities if, in my formative years, I had moved through a city where most things were named after women. I imagined the entitlement I might feel if my gender was included and the impact that would have on my confidence and the sense of what I might achieve.’ – Sara Sheridan

Booking

This event is open to all and there are two ticket options: a £2 ticket and a Free ticket. This event has been postponed. If a ticket price of £2 is in any way a barrier to you attending this event please choose a Free ticket. We also offer a Free ticket if you are a Friend of GWL. Please book online below or you can call us on 0141 550 2267. If you have booked a place and are no longer able to attend please let us know so that we can make your place available to someone else.

Accessibility

Glasgow Women’s Library is wheelchair accessible, with lifts to the first floor and the Mezzanine Floor. We have accessible toilets and all the bathrooms are individual closed stalls and are gender neutral. Our larger Events Space is fitted with an induction loop. A portable induction loop is also available. For paid events free companion tickets are available.

Find more information on Accessibility at GWL or contact us and we will be very happy to offer assistance.