Posts tagged with ‘Women’s History’

Firebrand Women

GWL and WEA have teamed up to provide a programme of talks about women campaigners, this session is Second Wave Feminism and the Peace Movement: the strident women who strove for peace and women’s liberation . Taking place at Glasgow Women’s Library.

Opening Pandora’s Box

An exclusive unearthing of some lost German art pioneers. Followed by a workshop exploring more aspects of lesbian history and culture.

Learning about International Women’s Day

Come along to our learning event to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Women’s Library with the ALN team. (First of 2 sessions)

‘Travelling the Distance’ and the Scottish Parliament

After a few weeks of revising plans, pleading emails, panicked phone calls, the Making Space focus group and the Political Literacy group made it to Holyrood…

Your Women’s Library in the Highlands

Introduction to national lifelong learning @ Glasgow Women’s Library. Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.Free of Charge. For more information contact Morag Smith.

Women’s Work in the Highlands

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.

Women of Clydebank – past and present

The women of the WEA Clydebank group have been meeting for many years every Wednesday morning. GWL visited them recently as part of the National Lifelong Learning Development Project and discovered a wealth of experience and fascinating stories. We talked about the lives of many women in Clydebank, including Mary Preston who worked as a [...]

Wigtown Women’s Trail Group

Members of Wigtown Women’s Trail Group are busy researching and planning a fantastic women’s heritage walk in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway and you can follow their progress on the GWL website blog from the group. The group have been researching their walk for a few months now and are planning to launch the walk in [...]

Singing for a Gude Cause

GWL and WEA are hosting 2 singing workshops for Gude Cause.  The workshops will give you the opportunity to learn the songs for the Gude Cause march re-enactment. The workshops are open to any women who want to be involved whether you feel have singing ability or not!

She Settles in the Shields & Pardesi Heroes

This event has now passed. The She Settles in the Shields exhibition offers a unique opportunity to meet the women who travelled to Scotland from all over the world, in search of family, love and security. At the Glasgow University Chapel until Tuesday, 16th October