Flashpoints, milestones and sexual revolutions in the collections of GWL: this is a capsule exhibition of objects and texts on sex that have made social, cultural and political waves.
This exhibition highlights the diaries, and journals of women of the past, published and unpublished. It includes original and digital versions of unique and fascinating items from GWL’s own archive and lending collection and some unique personal diaries and journals, including the 1936 Germany based travel diary of Motherwell woman Isobel Russell and some of the beautiful hand-written and illustrated log books of Girl Guide leader Miss Pirie of Torrance courtesy of East Dunbartonshire Archives.
Glasgow Women's Library invites you to attend a workshop about zines and zine-making. Zines are small self-made publications and can be about anything - from what you did last week, the music or art you like or your personal, political and social life and have a long history of empowering women and other minority groups, enabling them to have a voice away from mainstream media. Come along and explore fanzines from our unique collection, learn about how they are made and even make your own.
In the second of our Trailblazers events, highlighting the achievements of adventurous and daring women past and present, we’re delighted to welcome Canadian journalist Heidi Kingstone to GWL.
