Posts tagged with ‘Women’s History’
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.
Posted on 10th March, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: Feminism, Lifelong Learning, Peace Movement, talks, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
An exclusive unearthing of some lost German art pioneers. Followed by a workshop exploring more aspects of lesbian history and culture.
Posted on 9th March, 2010 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: Arts, Learning at GWL, Lesbian Archive, lesbian culture, Lifelong Learning, photography, talks, Women's History. Read more
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)
Posted on 9th March, 2010 by Pauline in Past Events and tagged with: ALN, international women's day, Literacy & Numeracy, Suffragettes, The GWL Collection, Women's History, zines. Read more
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…
Posted on 18th February, 2010 by Nisha in Highlights, News, Past Events, Press Coverage and tagged with: art, Events, Learning, Making Space, Public Art fund, Scotland, Scottish Parliament, Women's History. Read more
Introduction to national lifelong learning @ Glasgow Women’s Library. Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.Free of Charge. For more information contact Morag Smith.
Posted on 3rd February, 2010 by Morag in Past Events and tagged with: Inverness, Lifelong Learning, National Lifelong Learning, Taster sessions, WEA women@work, Women's 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
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 [...]
Posted on 25th November, 2009 by Morag in News and tagged with: Clydebank, Learning at GWL, National Lifelong Learning, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
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 [...]
Posted on 20th October, 2009 by Morag in News and tagged with: National Lifelong Learning, wigtown women's trail, Women's History. Read more
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!
Posted on 30th September, 2009 by Laura in Past Events and tagged with: Events, Gude Cause, Lifelong Learning, Political Song, Singing, Suffragettes, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more
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
Posted on 29th September, 2009 by Syma in Past Events and tagged with: migration, Women Make History, Women's History. Read more