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Sue John
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A Feminist Leader and Co-Director at Glasgow Women's Library - @womenslibrary.bsky.social | PhD Researcher in History at the University of Glasgow, studying Suffrage material culture | Runner | Views are mine | She/Her
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Kick off 2026 with our first Conversation Café @ GWL

A welcoming space for women to share memories, experiences & hopes for Glasgow’s future. Drop in, no need to book.
White text reads: Conversation Cafe Wednesday 14th January 12.30pm - 1.30pm FREE Targeted at women 16+
January 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London.

Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.

Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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This is one of hundreds of anti-suffrage postcard images from the early 20th century that I’m examining for my PhD. Postcard manufacturers knew that misogyny made them money – even / especially at Christmas. Plus ça change.

Merry Christmas!
A 'comic' drawn postcard image that forefronts an older, conventionally 'unattractive' woman standing on her own, dressed in a tie (suggesting masculinity), and wearing the colours of the Women's Social and Political Union - she is a suffragette. Behind, two heterosexual couples, with younger, conventionally 'attractive' women are kissing under mistletoe. The text reads: 'I vote you a Merry Christmas. Hoping you won't get left, when you want your rights this day.'
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Final call for online orders!

The deadline for online orders for Christmas 2025 is midnight tomorrow, Tuesday 16th December (or you can visit Glasgow Women’s Library in person until Saturday 20th December at 4pm)

womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/
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December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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From notebooks and pencils to jigsaws, T. Shirts and patches. There's something for everyone @womenslibrary.bsky.social womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/ But you need to order online by tomorrow, or pop in to Glasgow Women's Library by Saturday if it's for Christmas!
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December 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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GWL Candles 🕯

Perfect Winter Gifts! These beautiful candles feature GWL logos from past and present and are guaranteed to bring warmth to any home. Available to buy in person from GWL only,
£6 small, £12 large
Five candles with various logos them
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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◆Taylor, Ari, 2025, "A 'Decade of New Feminist Print Culture': An Introduction to Some Second-Wave Feminist Magazines", Glasgow Women's Library, November 21, 2025, (womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/11/21/a...). @womenslibrary.bsky.social
A ‘decade of new feminist print culture’: An Introduction to Some Second-Wave Feminist Magazines | Glasgow Women's Library
An introduction to the Second-Wave Feminist publications from the 1970-2000s that we have in our archive collection and for sale at the Feminist Fair.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Permanent women’s museum may be developed in Ireland

Similar initiatives elsewhere include the Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Glasgow Women’s Library

Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan with the members of the Advisory Committee on Women’s Stories. Photograph: Lensmen
Permanent women’s museum may be developed in Ireland
Similar initiatives elsewhere include the Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Glasgow Women’s Library
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December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Exhibition: Dreaming A Black Scottish Archive (1pm–5pm)

Film Screening & Discussion: Rue Cases Nègres (5.30pm–8pm)
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Rue Cases Nègres: Film Screening and Discussion | Glasgow Women's Library
A special screening of Euzhan Palcy’s landmark film Rue Cases Nègres (1983) – a defining work of Pan-African cinema and the first feature directed by a Black woman in French cinema history.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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This Thursday:
Dreaming A Black Scottish Archive

Join us for a powerful day celebrating Euzhan Palcy’s landmark film Rue Cases Nègres (1983) – a defining work of Pan-African cinema & the first feature directed by a Black woman in French cinema history.

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Dreaming A Black Scottish Archive | Glasgow Women's Library
Explore a curated display created by the JGPACA Fellows, featuring rare archival materials, ephemera, and personal reflections that respond to the themes of the film Rue Cases Nègres.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Looking for meaningful gifts under £25?

Support Glasgow Women’s Library and uplift feminist futures with notebooks, tees, candles, patches, and more. Perfect for friends, family, and fellow changemakers!

Shop the collection in store & online: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop.

#UnwrapArt #SupportGWL
A promotional poster titled “Feminist Gift Guide – Gifts under £25” from Glasgow Women’s Library. It displays various gift items in a neat grid with product names and prices: GWL notebook (£10), GWL pencils (£1.50), GWL patches (£8), GWL candles (£6/£12), a logo cap (£25), a jigsaw puzzle (£18), two different T-shirts (£25 each), and a sketchbook (£25). Images of each item appear in separate boxes. The bottom of the poster lists the website: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop.
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Coming up Thursday 11/12/25 @womenslibrary.bsky.social Rue Cases Nègres: 🆓Film Screening and Discussion | Glasgow Women's Library womenslibrary.org.uk/event/rue-ca...
Rue Cases Nègres: Film Screening and Discussion | Glasgow Women's Library
A special screening of Euzhan Palcy’s landmark film Rue Cases Nègres (1983) – a defining work of Pan-African cinema and the first feature directed by a Black woman in French cinema history.
womenslibrary.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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We've got some lovely new items for sale in the @womenslibrary.bsky.social shop. Online, or pop in. womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/
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December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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It's #NationaIllustrationDay ✍️

Discover women illustrators in twentieth-century Britain 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-the-line-women-illustrators-in-twentieth-century-britain

'Spring Frieze' by Hannah Frank (1908–2008) © the artist's estate. 📷 Glasgow Women's Library
Three women in flowing dresses dance barefoot on a textured ground with swirling lines and small flowers around them.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Hear from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest, & Beverly McFarlane, 3 of our History Detectives. Discover Jessie Stephen’s radical early activism, Rebecca Strong’s trailblazing nursing reforms, & the stark history of Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals for “Unfortunate Females.”
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Meet the History Detectives | Glasgow Women's Library
Hear three short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest and Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives – the volunteers who research and present our heritage walks.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Please note that our Archive and Museum Collections are closed to researchers throughout December, until 19th January.
Text reads: the Archive and Museum Collections are closed to researchers from 1st December- 19th January to allow us to carry out essential work
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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An updated list of prizes is here: womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/11/05/g...
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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THANK YOU to everyone who has bought raffle tickets for the @womenslibrary.bsky.social fundraiser. We really appreciate your support. The prizes are amazing! It will be drawn at our Festive Fayre - next Saturday, 29th November. Please buy a ticket if you can: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/gwl-fes...
GWL Festive Fayre Raffle Ticket | Glasgow Women's Library
We are holding a bumper raffle as part of our Feminist Festive Fayre fundraising event. The draw will take place at the Fayre on Saturday 29th November at Glasgow Women’s Library, and prizes can be…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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If you love what we do at Glasgow Women's Library - @womenslibrary.bsky.social - please support us. Buy a raffle ticket to help us to fundraise. It's so easy and we really need your support. You can buy raffle tickets here: womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/gwl-fes...
Glasgow Women's Library's blond sandstone early 20th century building, with its decorative columns and stone details, in bright sunlight against a blue sky. A round sign - an art work - sticks out from the building and reads 'Give light and people will find the way'.
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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It's here.

BAD LANGUAGE
13/11/25

"made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social
"Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social
"incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi

Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...
Cover of Bad Language by So Mayer: hand-drawn illustration of an illuminated capital B, which is a grey dragon wrapped around a blue tree. The dragon has a red eye and smoke rising from its nostrils. The author's name and book title are written in a simple, non-joined-up cursive, as if on a chalkboard.
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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We’re turning 35 next year! 🎉 As we gear up for major fundraising in 2026, our Feminist Festive Fayre Raffle is back & bigger than ever. £5 tickets available at Glasgow Women’s Library, with incredible prizes to be won. Draw on Sat 29 Nov at the Fayre.
More info: womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/11/05/g...
A colourful poster with a textured blue background promoting Glasgow Women’s Library’s Feminist Festive Fayre Raffle. Large pastel rainbow text reads: “Feminist Festive Fayre Raffle. £5 a ticket. Available to buy now from GWL!” Smaller text lists some prizes, including artworks by Ciara Phillips, Karla Black and Sam Ainsley, a meal for two from Outlier, a tour and tasting for two at the Clydeside Distillery, a collection of signed books and more. A banner at the bottom states: “Raffle will be called on Saturday 29th November at the Feminist Festive Fayre!”
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Meet the History Detectives 🕵️‍♀️

Hear short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest & Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives team. Topics include: Jessie Stephen, Rebecca Strong and Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals.

Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...
A promotional poster for Glasgow Women’s Library titled “Meet the History Detectives.” The top section has the Glasgow Women’s Library logo and bold white text on a purple background. Below, three older women sit at a table smiling and discussing historical documents, books, and photographs. Behind them are monochrome illustrations of women from history. The lower section of the poster reads: “Thursday 27 November, 5.30pm – 7.00pm, Free, All Welcome.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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"For decades, Scotland’s girl bands were ignored, overlooked, or erased from the story." Now, Glasgow Women's Library says it will screen a film celebrating them.
Glasgow Women’s Library to show film celebrating Scotland’s forgotten girl bands
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November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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One year since the Since Yesterday film! Glasgow Women’s Library are doing a screening on Wed 13 Nov with a panel discussion celebrating the legacy and future of Scotland’s girl bands.

Tickets via sinceyesterdayfilm.com and womenslibrary.org.uk
Since Yesterday
Popstars, Post-Punks and Pioneers - a documentary platforming the trailblazing Girl Bands who challenged a male-dominated industry, acknowledging their rightful place in music history and examining enduring barriers faced by women making music. A colourful mixtape of unheard demos, lost archive and rare performances, written and narrated by musician Carla J. Easton.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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We pay tribute to Elspeth King (and Smudge, the People's Palace cat) on our East End Heritage Walk. Rest in Power Elspeth.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM