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Glasgow Women’s Library is no ordinary library! We are the only resource of its kind in Scotland and a true national treasure.

As well as a lending library, we hold a wonderful treasure trove of historical and contemporary artifacts and archive materials that celebrate the lives, histories and achievements of women. From Suffragette memorabilia and 1930s dress making patterns to rare 1970s Scottish Women’s Liberation newsletters, it’s all here!

We also support thousands of women across Scotland every year to improve their lives through our services and programmes, including support and activities that tackle a wide range of issues from poverty and women’s health, sexuality and surviving violence.

Empowering women is one of our key aims.

We have grown from a small grassroots project into the main hub for information by, for and about women in Scotland with 13 paid staff and more than 80 volunteers a year, offering specialized learning, collections and archives. GWL has always been a hotbed of ideas and is now growing into a pioneering women’s social enterprise.

A well-used, welcoming and accessible service, we take pride in our genuinely integrated and continually growing communities of users, from professional researchers to those who, for whatever reason, feel remote from culture and learning.

First time visitors and old friends are always assured of a warm welcome.

Learning is at the heart of what we do: we deliver over 200 innovative events and activities across Scotland every year, from film screenings to guided walks and core programmes including our Adult Literacy and Numeracy and Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Projects.

In 2011 we celebrated 20 years of Glasgow Women's Library and to make the occasion we launched a year long programme of activities, we also looked back at some of the words that our learners and library users said about us. 

Events

Date & time: 30 June 2013 14.00
Event: WOMEN OF THE MERCHANT CITY
About: Join Glasgow Women’s Library tour guides in the Merchant City to discover the female stars that stud the fabric of this famous quarter. Scandal, vice, radicalism, regeneration and revival are topics highlighted by this original tour.
Venue: Merchant City, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 28 June 2013 14.00
Event: ILLUMINATED LETTERS WORKSHOPS: ARCHIVE SHOW AND TELL
About: Archive Show and Tell at GWL with the suffragette collection.
Venue: Glasgow Women's Library 15 Berkeley Street Glasgow G3 7BW , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 21 June 2013 13.00
Event: ILLUMINATED LETTERS WORKSHOPS: ARTS WORKSHOP
About: An art workshop held at GoMA to inspire your creativity.
Venue: Gallery of Modern Art Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AH , United Kingdom , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 19 June 2013 14.00
Event: BADGES OF HONOUR: GLASGOW MUSEUMS RESOURCE CENTRE
About: Take a guided wander with us through Glasgow Museums’ stores and uncover the hidden stories of women in Glasgow. There is even a rumour that the oldest badge belonging to a Glaswegian woman is lurking in the stores!
Venue: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, Glasgow, G53 7NN , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 16 June 2013 14.00
Event: HIDDEN GEMS OF GARNETHILL: MAP LAUNCH FOR WEST END FESTIVAL
About: Garnethill is at the heart of Glasgow’s city centre but remains an unknown quarter for many. This walk takes in its grand tenements, painted gables, miniature park, synagogue and world acclaimed architectural triumphs. These and other fascinating landmarks help us to tell the stories of some of the most remarkable achievements of women in Glasgow’s history. Within Garnethill’s confined boundaries we spotlight the women who pioneered European art movements, designed the banners for suffragette processions, created the first women’s Library in Scotland and made Garnethill into the most exciting cultural and multicultural hotspot in Glasgow.
Venue: Garnethill Area, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 14 June 2013 13.00
Event: ILLUMINATED LETTERS WORKSHOPS: NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE TOUR
About: A visit to Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art and a tour of the Niki de Saint Phalle exhibition. It is her beautifully illustrated letters which inspired this project.
Venue: Gallery of Modern Art Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AH , United Kingdom , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 12 June 2013 14.00
Event: BADGES OF HONOUR: PEOPLE€™S PALACE
About: oin us on a visit to the Library’s new neighbour on Glasgow Green. Get up close and personal with the Suffragette medals, the fore-mothers of our own badge collection.
Venue: People's Palace Glasgow Green, Glasgow, G40 1AT , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 07 June 2013 14.00
Event: BADGES OF HONOUR: GWL BADGES
About: Come and explore the Library’s diverse badge collection guided by our archivists. Discover Suffragette rosettes, badges worn at Greenham Common and others that played their part in hundreds of equality campaigns. Dive in, share your own badge history and see what badge treasures you can uncover.
Venue: Glasgow Women's Library 15 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7BW , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 06 June 2013 17.30
Event: THIS IS WHO WE ARE
About: An introduction to some of the Firebrand Women in our collection; the Suffragettes, the women who were instrumental in the Peace Campaigns, Red Clydeside and the Rent Strikes. Also take a look at Badges of Honour and 21 Revolutions projects, and a women’s history walk of the East End.
Venue: Bridgeton Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP, United Kingdom , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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Date & time: 02 June 2013 14.00
Event: WEST END WOMEN€S HERITAGE WALK: WEST END FESTIVAL
About: This pioneering women’s heritage walk reveals a hidden history of the West End of Glasgow: pipe-smoking forewomen, revolting schoolmistresses, and the unique car made by and for women. A unique and inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End.
Venue: Start point given at time of booking confirmation., Glasgow, United Kingdom
Organization: Glasgow Women's Library
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