Sue John

Valentine’s Day: Love and Loathing in Postcards of the Suffrage Age | Glasgow Women’s Library My PhD research focusses on several themes that emerge in ‘comic’ anti-suffrage / anti-women postcards produced by private companies between 1900 and 1930, and also examines the handwritten messages…

For Galentine's / Valentine's Day, a repost ...

Sending you all love 😍

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Thanks Mark! There's a Feminist Edition too - different badges, same idea, also available from the online shop.

Badges of Honour Jigsaw (LGBTQ+ Edition) | Glasgow Women’s Library We are excited to present our new addition to the Glasgow Women’s Library’s shop – jigsaws that celebrate our wonderful collection of badges, and will keep you busy throughout the winter.

It's LGBT History Month. It's cold and miserable.
Bring some joy - buy a @womenslibrary.bsky.social LGBTQ+ Edition Jigsaw online, stay in, put the kettle on, do the jigsaw and help us raise money while you're having the best fun. Warm glows all round.

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Scottish Art Highlights: February 2026 - The Skinny Turner Prize winner Nnena Kalu participates in a Dundee exhibition challenging ableism in the arts, while land artist Ilana Halperin explores geological phenomena at Fruitmarket.

A Turner Prize winning artist comes to a @dcadundee.bsky.social this month – for recs on art events at @womenslibrary.bsky.social, @fruitmarket.bsky.social and more in February, check out @rachelashenden.bsky.social's round-up!

Photo showing a variety of books on display against a historic library backdrop that is in a board that says “Glasgow’s women’s library hello everyone welcome” The text overlaying the image says “ did you know? Glasgow women’s library uses its own feminist classification system.”

Photo showing a small selection of colourful books spines on a shelf. The text overlaying the image says “for decades topics like LGBTQIA+ lives were filed under abnormal psychology, social problems perversion and arrangement that that’s not something GWL was willing to accept”

Photographs showing wooden shelving holding the collection of books the area is carpeted in a light blue patterned carpet. The text overlaying the image says” the system began taking shape in 2005 when GWL’s first librarian Wendy Kirk started developing a way to organise a growing collection of over 20,000 donated books”

A photograph of three bookshelves that are pretty full. On the spines library labels can be seen. The overlaying the image says “ instead of complex codes GWL uses letters for main subjects numbers for sub categories for example H7 .1 is history 20th century and suffragettes. Simple. Intuitive. Welcoming.”

Shared by @womenslibrary.bsky.social in time for #IDWGS2026

A cataloguing system for a women’s library 📚 ♀️💕
#womenInSTEM
#METADATA
#data #LibraryScience
#cataloging
#knowledge #information
#library

Suffragettes: The Hard-Won Fight for Votes for Women | Glasgow Women’s Library This Spring, as Scotland goes to the polls, we look back to a time when women were excluded from such a basic democratic right.

In Spring, as Scotland goes to the polls to elect a new Scottish Parliament, @womenslibrary.bsky.social looks back to a time when women were fighting for such a basic democratic right. Book now for this event exploring fascinating aspects of suffrage history
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I'll have to do more research on it myself really. We're very pleased and proud to have it in our building though. While I'm here, thank you for all yoru posts - I really enjoy them all 😍

We're @womenslibrary.bsky.social The carpet, we were told, was made by Templeton's but not in their premises on the Green - we think after the merger to create Stoddards, so it may date from the 1980s / 1990s in one of the several refurbishments of the Library building. But don't take that as fact!

We love it so much!

The carpet in the former Bridgeton Public Library (now the Glasgow Women's Library) in the East End of the city, featuring the nearby Bridgeton Cross Shelter which was created by the Sun Foundry in 1874.

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#glasgow #glasgowlibrary #carpet #architecture #sunfoundry

Queer Love Letters from History | Glasgow Women’s Library In anticipation of the Library’s upcoming event “Queer Speculative Love Letters” with Istanbul-based writer Secil Epik on the 23rd of April, I give a brief introduction into some of the most prominent...

In celebration of #LGBTQHistoryMonth & in anticipation of our upcoming event “Queer Speculative Love Letters” with Istanbul-based writer Secil Epik in April, GWL volunteer Ari gives a brief intro into some of the most prominent queer love letters from history ⬇️

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Here's to love, hope and kindness, now more than ever. Happy Burns Night.

WOMEN ON THE SHELF: The Library Series #3 Glasgow Women's Library

Pop the kettle on and have a listen to Woman Zone's latest podcast!

Nancy from Woman Zone in Cape Town visited the Library last October and met with Gaby and Wendy to chat all things GWL!

Happy listening <3

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Glasgow Women’s Library shines a spotlight on how storytelling inspires change and builds connection to strengthens community and wellbeing. Read more: www.generationequal.scot/news/the-power-of-storytelling-how-glasgow-womens-library-is-inspiring-change/

#NACWG

The Power of storytelling: How Glasgow Women’s Library is inspiring change - NACWG

. @suejohn.bsky.social 's guest blog on @nacwgscot.bsky.social explores the power of storytelling in inspiring change, building connection & illuminating women’s histories. Read it here >>>
www.generationequal.scot/news/the-power-of-storytelling-how-glasgow-womens-library-is-inspiring-change/

Too right! What a result for us today. Carrick: The Special One 😊

How can I be added to these, along with @womenslibrary.bsky.social please?

White text reads: Conversation Cafe Wednesday 14th January 12.30pm - 1.30pm FREE Targeted at women 16+

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.

🚨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

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.'

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!

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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)

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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!

Five candles with various logos them

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

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.

◆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

Permanent women’s museum may be developed in Ireland Similar initiatives elsewhere include the Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Glasgow Women’s Library

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

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.

Exhibition: Dreaming A Black Scottish Archive (1pm–5pm)

Film Screening & Discussion: Rue Cases Nègres (5.30pm–8pm)
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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.

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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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.

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

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.

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...

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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/