Glasgow Women's Library
15 Berkeley Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G3 7BW
Scotland
Website
Telephone
0141 248 9969
Glasgow Women's Library is a provider of information by and about women. It is a popular meeting place for women and its creative, supportive environment acts as a catalyst for projects, friendships and laughter.
Venue Type:
Library, Archive, Museum
What will you find at the Library?
The Library collection comprises information broadly in the following sections: reference, reports, work, education, politics, feminist theory, history, violence against women, abuse, pornography issues, prostitution, lesbian lives and cultures, young women, women of colour, women in global contexts, myth, goddesses and religion, travel, peace and war, sport, fiction, poetry, literary theory, autobiographies and biographies, drama, art, architecture and older women.
Collection details
Architecture, Law and Order, Literature, Religion, Social History, World Cultures, Archives, Film and Media, Costume and Textiles, Design, Music, Performing Arts, Photography
Badges of Honour
The Badges of Honour team are connecting GWL badges with other collections in Scotland. Discover more about the world of women’s badges and the way they, and the women who wore them, changed the world with this our inspiring and fascinating series of visits.
Glasgow Women’s Library: Friday 7th June, 2pm
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.
People’s Palace: Wednesday 12th June, 2pm
Join 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.
Glasgow Museum’s Resource Centre: Wednesday 19th June, 2pm
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!
Glasgow Caledonian University: Tuesday 23rd July, 2pm
These Archives and Special Collections are packed with material related to political activism. Reminisce with the treasures from the archives of the Anti-Apartheid campaign, Scottish Trade Union Congress and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
University of Edinburgh: Monday 12th August,1.30pm
The School of Scottish Studies holds an extensive oral history archive that captures the history of the people of Scotland. Sing along to Jacobite songs or catch up on some local Scottish legends. Sit back and let these stories take you on a journey, via the voices of the Scottish people. We might be able to help you with travel expenses for this trip.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Admission
Free events, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/badges-of-honour-gwl-badges/
Poetry in the Park
Bring your packed lunch and picnic rug and join us for some poetry in the park! A selection of wonderful poets, including Grey Hen Press Poets: A C Clarke, Maggie Rabatski and Sheila Templeton. who will be reading from the new Grey Hen Anthology Running Before the Wind: Poems About the Sea.
Our very own Reader in Residence Magi Gibson, will also be reading from her work in the great outdoors at Glasgow Green.
Come along and be inspired and uplifted at this unique lunchtime event. We will be meeting at the drying greens, next to the Templeton Carpet Factory (ask if you need directions). In case of showers we will have a back up plan.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
12-2pm
Where
The Drying Greens
Glasgow Green
Templeton Street
Glasgow
G40 1AW
Getting there
Travel to West Brewery, the drying greens are just opposite the Templeton Factory on Templeton Street. Look for the metal drying poles.
Additional info
We have a local location as backup if the weather is not suitable for sitting outside. Bring a picnic blanket or chair.
Admission
Free event (donations welcomed)
Website
Archive Show and Tell
Glasgow Women's Library Archivists have been working hard to uncover the collections under the Library’s care. Our Show and Tell sessions are an opportunity to gain some insight into the collections and share the stories carefully looked after by the Library.
Suffragette Collection
Friday 28th June, 2pm
Part of our Illuminated Letters project, find an inspirational woman hidden in our Suffragette postcards and pamphets, learn how to tell time the Suffragette way and indulge in a game of Panko!
Scottish Women’s Aid
Friday 26th July, 2pm
Come along and have a peek into this organisation’s unique archive.
The Ladder
Friday 23rd August, 2pm
Find out about the journals within GWL’s archive. The Ladder was a pioneering lesbian publication in the 1960s.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Admission
Free event, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/archive-suffragette-collection-2/
Women of the Merchant City
Uncover the Merchant City’s hidden history during this walk around Glasgow’s cosmopolitan hub. 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.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Where
Various locations in Merchant City
Glasgow
Getting there
Start point given at time of booking.
Admission
£7.50 (children under 16 go free, must be accompanied by an adult)
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/2013/05/16/fortnightly-womens-heritage-walks/
Bikes and Scones
Would you like to meet other women cyclists, find out about women friendly bike resources and services, (re)discover some of GWL’s books and archive materials featuring bikes, and help us get more women into cycling?
We’ve got plans for women on bikes when we relocate to our new home but we need your ideas and help.
Bikes and Scones
Saturday 20th July, 2pm
Please cycle along for an afternoon of bike talk, tea and scones! And why not keep a log of how you get there which we can then share with other women who want to cycle to the Library? We want as many women to bike their way to us in the future so good safe routes with women-friendly landmarks would be very welcome.
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
When
2-4pm
Where
Glasgow Women's Library Landressy Street
23 Landressy Street
Glasgow
G40 1BP
Scotland
Admission
Free event, booking required.
Website
Badges of Honour
The Badges of Honour team are connecting GWL badges with other collections in Scotland. Discover more about the world of women’s badges and the way they, and the women who wore them, changed the world with this our inspiring and fascinating series of visits.
Glasgow Women’s Library: Friday 7th June, 2pm
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.
People’s Palace: Wednesday 12th June, 2pm
Join 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.
Glasgow Museum’s Resource Centre: Wednesday 19th June, 2pm
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!
Glasgow Caledonian University: Tuesday 23rd July, 2pm
These Archives and Special Collections are packed with material related to political activism. Reminisce with the treasures from the archives of the Anti-Apartheid campaign, Scottish Trade Union Congress and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
University of Edinburgh: Monday 12th August,1.30pm
The School of Scottish Studies holds an extensive oral history archive that captures the history of the people of Scotland. Sing along to Jacobite songs or catch up on some local Scottish legends. Sit back and let these stories take you on a journey, via the voices of the Scottish people. We might be able to help you with travel expenses for this trip.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Admission
Free events, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/badges-of-honour-gwl-badges/
Mixing the Colours: Sectarianism, Your Stories
What is sectarianism? How does it affect women and what role can and do women play in tackling it? In a relaxed atmosphere we will explore these questions and share our views on and experiences of sectarianism.
Whether you feel you have been directly involved or affected by sectarianism or not, we are interested in finding out what this issue means to you as a woman and how it affects others.
Mixing the Colours
As part of our Mixing the Colours project, Glasgow Women’s Library is developing a new resource for women including accessible books (fiction and non-fiction), stories, poems and films which have themes that help open up discussion on the impact of sectarianism on women worldwide.
We can also facilitate a range of book and film discussion and creative writing workshops, which help women’s groups and organisations explore how sectarianism affects their lives.
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
When
1-3pm
Admission
Free event, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/mixing-the-colours-sectarianism-your-stories/
Archive Show and Tell
Glasgow Women's Library Archivists have been working hard to uncover the collections under the Library’s care. Our Show and Tell sessions are an opportunity to gain some insight into the collections and share the stories carefully looked after by the Library.
Suffragette Collection
Friday 28th June, 2pm
Part of our Illuminated Letters project, find an inspirational woman hidden in our Suffragette postcards and pamphets, learn how to tell time the Suffragette way and indulge in a game of Panko!
Scottish Women’s Aid
Friday 26th July, 2pm
Come along and have a peek into this organisation’s unique archive.
The Ladder
Friday 23rd August, 2pm
Find out about the journals within GWL’s archive. The Ladder was a pioneering lesbian publication in the 1960s.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Admission
Free event, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/archive-suffragette-collection-2/
Women of the Merchant City
Uncover the Merchant City’s hidden history during this walk around Glasgow’s cosmopolitan hub. 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.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Where
Various locations in Merchant City
Glasgow
Getting there
Start point given at time of booking.
Admission
£7.50 (children under 16 go free, must be accompanied by an adult)
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/2013/05/16/fortnightly-womens-heritage-walks/
Women of the Necropolis
Experience this fantastic women’s history walking tour that digs the dirt on Victorian society, unearths women’s achievements and exhumes the history of some of the women buried in the Glasgow Necropolis. Glasgow Women's Library tour guides will tell the stories of both the notorious and the forgotten women who are buried in these atmospheric and ethereal surroundings, one of Glasgow’s most fascinating Victorian garden cemeteries. Start point given at time of booking.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
1-3pm
Admission
£7.50 (Children under 16 go free, must be accompanied by an adult)
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/women-of-the-necropolis-5/
Badges of Honour
The Badges of Honour team are connecting GWL badges with other collections in Scotland. Discover more about the world of women’s badges and the way they, and the women who wore them, changed the world with this our inspiring and fascinating series of visits.
Glasgow Women’s Library: Friday 7th June, 2pm
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.
People’s Palace: Wednesday 12th June, 2pm
Join 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.
Glasgow Museum’s Resource Centre: Wednesday 19th June, 2pm
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!
Glasgow Caledonian University: Tuesday 23rd July, 2pm
These Archives and Special Collections are packed with material related to political activism. Reminisce with the treasures from the archives of the Anti-Apartheid campaign, Scottish Trade Union Congress and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
University of Edinburgh: Monday 12th August,1.30pm
The School of Scottish Studies holds an extensive oral history archive that captures the history of the people of Scotland. Sing along to Jacobite songs or catch up on some local Scottish legends. Sit back and let these stories take you on a journey, via the voices of the Scottish people. We might be able to help you with travel expenses for this trip.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
1:30-4:30pm
Admission
Free events, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/badges-of-honour-gwl-badges/
Archive Show and Tell
Glasgow Women's Library Archivists have been working hard to uncover the collections under the Library’s care. Our Show and Tell sessions are an opportunity to gain some insight into the collections and share the stories carefully looked after by the Library.
Suffragette Collection
Friday 28th June, 2pm
Part of our Illuminated Letters project, find an inspirational woman hidden in our Suffragette postcards and pamphets, learn how to tell time the Suffragette way and indulge in a game of Panko!
Scottish Women’s Aid
Friday 26th July, 2pm
Come along and have a peek into this organisation’s unique archive.
The Ladder
Friday 23rd August, 2pm
Find out about the journals within GWL’s archive. The Ladder was a pioneering lesbian publication in the 1960s.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Admission
Free event, booking required.
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/archive-suffragette-collection-2/
East End Women's Heritage Walk
Join Glasgow Women’s Library’s Women Make History tour guides on our newest Women’s Heritage Walk. Researched by learners and volunteers at the Library, this women’s heritage walk uncovers the hidden heroines of Glasgow’s East End. If you are interested in finding out more about the women who worked in the Templeton factory, Suffragettes who were held in Duke Street Prison, or the woman who set up the Barras (and many more) then this is the perfect way to spend your afternoon.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-4pm
Where
Various points of East End
Glasgow
Getting there
Start point given at time of booking
Admission
£7.50 (free to children under 16, must be accompanied by an adult)
Website
http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/east-end-womens-heritage-walk-2/
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