Fwd - [CLHLWR] News and Events from The Women's Library - bicycling to suffrage events

Sat May 26 21:05:26 UTC 2012

forwarding for wider info - cheers - Chris
The Women's Library

Protect our History: Save The Women's Library

The Women's Library is seeking a new home. On 14 
March, London Metropolitan University's Board of 
Governors announced that they will be seeking a 
new home, custodian or sponsor by December 2012. 
The campaign to ensure the best possible future 
for The Women's Library has been supported not 
only by our users, but by a number of 
high-profile advocates, all with a vested 
interest in seeing the Library saved. There has 
also been an overwhelming response in the media. 
More information is available on our campaign 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/support-us/stwlpage.cfm>page

The support we have received since the 
announcement has been truly heart warming and we 
would like to say a big thank you to all our 
supporters. If you haven't already done so, 
please do follow and 'Like' the Library on 
<http://www.facebook.com/thewomenslibrary>Facebook 
and follow on <http://twitter.com/#!/womenslibrary>Twitter

Please view the 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/home.cfm>full 
events calender for further details of talks, 
walks, guided tours and workshops from May - June 2012

Exhibitions

EXHIBITION
All Work and Low Pay: The Story of Women and Work
Now extended until 25 August 2012
Free

This exhibition explores the extraordinary range 
of jobs done by women over the past 150 years, 
from forging iron chains to assembling fine 
electrical components. It also charts women's 
struggle for workplace equality and recognition.

Learn more about this exhibition on a 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/tours.cfm>guided 
tour

Photo © TUC Library Collections
All Work and Low Pay

FOYER DISPLAY
Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women's Rights, 1890-1914
Until 8 September 2012
Free

Cycling has long been associated with the 
emancipation of women, from the fashionable lady 
cyclists of the 1890s to the Suffragette Scouts 
of Edwardian times. This foyer display, curated 
by Vera Douie Fellow Sheila Hanlon, uses 
artefacts from The Women's Library to explore the 
politics of women's cycling in late nineteenth 
and early twentieth century Britain. See the 
events section below for a related talk

Photo © The Women's Library
Cycling to Suffrage

Events

TALK
Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women's Rights, 1890-1914
Thursday 14 June, 7pm (70 mins)
£8 / £6 concessions

This talk considers the place of the bicycle in 
women's lives for leisure, transportation, sport 
and activism with a focus on suffrage era 
Britain. Dr. Sheila Hanlon discusses her research 
for the display and highlights some major issues 
in the gender politics of cycling past and present.

TALK
Octavia Hill Centenary
Wednesday 20 June, 7pm (80 mins)
£8 / £6 concessions

To commemorate the centenary of Octavia Hill's 
death, join this special talk by Gillian Darley 
to celebrate the leading pioneer of social 
housing, and founder of the National Trust. 
Gillian Darley's biography first published in 
1990, has been revised for 2012. It provides a 
fascinating account of Octavia's life, and an 
insight into the influential principles that 
guided her approach to improving housing for the 
poor, as well as the many causes she worked for and championed.

FAMILY EVENT
Get off Your Bike!
Saturday 30 June, 12.30pm and 2.00pm
Free

Join this fun family day and make some customised 
accessories for your bike, scooters or 
skateboards, Inspired by the Cycling to Suffrage display.

Where the Heart is
Saturday 30 June & Sunday 1 July , 11.00am - 4.00pm
Free

Where The Heart Is takes you on a walk of love. 
Download a series of evocative podcasts created 
by East End women aged from 15 to 80. Inspired by 
the collection at The Women's Library, the group 
share tales of passion, friendship and belonging 
which are reflected in the spaces and places of 
Aldgate and Brick Lane. Signposted by still and 
moving images located in significant stopping 
places, the women's voices will intrigue and 
interrogate, before inviting you to afternoon 
tea, and a chance to tell us your stories.

News from The Women's Library

Annual Stock-Take Week

We will be closed from Monday 11 to Friday 15 
June for our annual stock take week. We will 
resume for business as usual on Monday 18 June.

Thank you to all the volunteers taking part. All 
volunteer places for this week are now filled but 
find out more about volunteering 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/support-us/volunteers.cfm>here

More information

Book event tickets

Call 020 7320 2222 during opening hours or 
<mailto:moreinfo at thewomenslibrary.ac.uk>email us 
with your name, the events you want to book, and 
a contact number, and we'll call you back as soon as we can.

You can also book tickets via 
<http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1983857469?s=8371047>Eventbrite

Find us online
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary>www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary

Opening hours

Exhibition Hall
Monday to Friday 9.30am-5.30pm; Thursday until 
8pm; Saturday 10am-4pm; Closed Sunday.

Reading Room
Tuesday to Friday, 9.30am-5pm; Thursday until 
8pm; Closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/about/visit.cfm?utm_source=WL-Dec10&utm_medium=link&utm_content=WL&utm_campaign=ezine>Visit 
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us · 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/searchthecollections/?utm_source=WL-Dec10&utm_medium=link&utm_content=WL&utm_campaign=ezine>Search 
the collections · 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/services/groups.cfm?utm_source=WL-Dec10&utm_medium=link&utm_content=WL&utm_campaign=ezine>Group 
visits · 
<http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/services/venue-hire/>Venue hire ·

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