The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
23 Landressy Street, Glasgow
Joined July 2008
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Following the joy and buzz of last year’s Fayre, Glasgow Women's Library are thrilled to invite you to the second annual Feminist Festive Fayre - a seasonal celebration packed with feminist cheer!
Full details: whatsonglasgow.co.uk/event/1…
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Glasgow Women’s Library has become the first in Scotland to be recognised as a Library of Sanctuary💪
“As a library that’s been founded on equality, that’s really the heart of everything that we do…" @womenslibrary
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The Lesbian Archive at @womenslibrary has a collection spanning from the 1920s and is a significant repository of LGBT+ history.
Find out more about their collection and its development here: womenslibrary.org.uk/explore…
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This Thursday at @womenslibrary - film and discussion about British undercover police abuses of power and human rights. Too many people are naive about the country they live in - come and get disillusioned.
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#spycops #PSOOL @copscampaign @out_of_lives
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Rayna Carruthers’s moving portrait series, While We Wait, captures stories of 11 women and girls from Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, living as refugees in Jordan.
Her exhibition at @womenslibrary sheds light on the resilience & uncertainty of displaced lives.
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Artist Rayna Carruthers sat down with Hyphen to discuss her newest exhibition and the realities of displacement.
'While We Wait' is on now at @womenslibrary in Glasgow until 29 March.
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Photographer Rayna Carruthers speaks to Hyphen about her new exhibition at @womenslibrary and the realities of displacement.
Read the full interview →hyphenonline.com/2025/02/07/…
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News | @CreativeScots unveils largest ever multi-year funding portfolio – boost for @womenslibrary and @DCAdundee after funding uncertainty
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ALT Exterior of the building housing Glasgow Women's Library
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reminder that there will be a #spycops event in #Glasgow on Thursday 20th February - at @womenslibrary - (free) tickets are selling out fast so book yours now!
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The @metpoliceuk have been using #spycops for a long time.
'Shoot the women first' indeed (whether with cameras or guns).
The poem 'Dangerous Coats' by contemporary Irish writer Sharon Owens #womensart Home Office surveillance photograph of suffragette Olive Beamish, 1914
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We're excited to announce that we'll be joined by @Jessica_me2 from @out_of_lives at the Scottish premiere of 'The Spies who Ruined Our Lives' next month, at @womenslibrary
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(free) tickets are now available for this event:
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Due to the red weather warning for wind in place across Central Scotland, the Library will be closed on Friday, 24th January.
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Please note, there will be NO Women Making It Session on Friday 20th December.
The first session of 2025 will take place on Friday 17th January. We can’t wait to welcome you back for more fun and creative arts and crafts sessions in the new year!
#WomenMakingIt #ArtsAndCrafts
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#OnThisDay in 2014, same-sex couples were finally able to legally marry for the first time in Scotland. The legislation was passed in Holyrood in February 2014, & on December 16 2014, The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 came into effect.
Gift a GWL Friendship this season & help support our life-changing work. A Gift Friendship is a gift to a Friend as well as to the many different women who benefit from our projects & services every day. GWL Gift Friendship, starting from just £30
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Reminder that the deadline for online orders is this Tuesday at midnight!
Please note that our deadline for orders for Christmas 2024 is midnight on Tuesday 17th December (or you can visit Glasgow Women’s Library until 4pm on Saturday 21st December)
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latest additions to our advent calendar of womens history resources from 2024
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some marvellous embroidered images find out where from! @WomensHistNet @Activism23 @womenslibrary @LSEGenderTweet @MediaLSE