Posts tagged with ‘History’
Glasgow Women’s Library needs your stories! Were you: Involved in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp? Active in the socialist and feminists movements between 1972-1990? Active in the North-East of Scotland around the same time?
Posted on 14th July, 2010 by Nisha in News and tagged with: Events, exhibition, History, international women's day, National Lifelong Learning, Scotland, storytelling, women, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
Back by popular demand, this pioneering women’s heritage walk, developed by women historians at GWL, reveals a hidden history of the West End: pipe-smoking forewomen, revolting schoolmistresses, and the unique car made by and for women. An intriguing, inspiring insight into the hitherto unsung women who made the West End.
Posted on 20th June, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: History, west end, West End Women's Heritage Walk, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
A stunningly rich text with strong contemporary overtones.
Posted on 10th June, 2010 by Helen in GWL Recommends and tagged with: BBC, History, Jackie Kay, poetry, radio, slave trade, slavery. Read more
Glasagow Women’s Library at Wigtown Women’s walk launch.
Posted on 15th April, 2010 by Morag in Highlights, News, Past Events and tagged with: History, international women's day, National Lifelong Learning, talks, Walks, Wigtown, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, this session is The Rent Strikes: the militant women who took on the slum land lords Taking place at St Mungo’s Museum.
Posted on 30th March, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: History, Learning at GWL, Lifelong Learning, Rent Strikes, talks, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, this session is Chartists: the ‘Brazen Faced Jades’ who formed the backbone of Britain’s first mass working class movement. Taking place at The People’s Palace.
Posted on 24th March, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: Chartists, History, Learning at GWL, Lifelong Learning, talks, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, this session is Women and the Abolition Movement: the revolutionary women who fought against slavery Taking place at Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art.
Posted on 17th March, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: History, Learning at GWL, Lifelong Learning, talks, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, this session is The Temperance Movement: the bold women who tackled the curse of the bottle. Taking place at St Mungo’s Museum.
Posted on 3rd March, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: Courses, History, Learning, Learning at GWL, Lifelong Learning, talks, Women Make History. Read more
GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, starting with Suffragettes & First Wave Feminism: the brave women who fought for women’s right to vote. Taking place at St Andrew’s in the Square.
Posted on 24th February, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: Feminism, Firebrand Women, History, Learning, Suffragettes, talks, Women Make History. Read more
This free conference looking at working women in the Highlands and the history of women’s work will take place at the new Highlands Archive Centre, Inverness.
Posted on 17th December, 2009 by Morag in Past Events and tagged with: History, National Lifelong Learning, Scottish Highlands, Women's History. Read more