The Archives of Glasgow Women's Library hold a rich and diverse collection of material exemplifying the lives of women, charting their historical and contemporary achievements and contributions.
Camden Women’s Committee minutes, agendas and appendices, spanning Jun 1988-Jan 1990. Also includes one Women's Committee newsletter (Sept 1988).
Issues and topics include: challenging sexual harassment and discrimination at work; women and housing; women and employment (including childcare provision and parental leave); training re domestic violence; women and Europe in the context of the 1992 European Social Charter (concerning pregnant women and new mothers’ legal protections re employment); domestic violence refuges in London; anti-discrimination legal reforms (including the introduction of equality and diversity monitoring); women and HIV/AIDs; Camden Lesbian & Gay Committee’s work.
Also includes Camden Council Women’s Committee newsletter (Sept 1988).
1991, London. Various contributors. Larger-than-A5 format. Front cover: lilac background, cartoon image of tv on top of a body, with skull inside, reads "adjust your sense of reality." Black and white content. Subject matter: comic strips written and drawn entirely by women.
1991-1993. London. Various contributors. Larger-than-A5 format, glossy colour cover, black and white content. Subject matter: comic strips written and drawn entirely by women.
c1997, no date. London “in the middle of the world’s largest androgynous zone, Middlesex where men are men and so are women and vice versa”. Larger than A5. Some use of colour, mostly black and white. Subject matter: Comic, Erotica / smut, Agony aunt (“how does a naked girl stash some emergency cash when naked or nearly so?”), Poetry, Prose, Cosmetics, Personal essays.
t c1997, no date. London “in the middle of the world’s largest androgynous zone, Middlesex where men are men and so are women and vice versa”. Larger than A5. Some use of colour, mostly black and white. Subject matter: Comic, Erotica / smut, Agony aunt (“how does a naked girl stash some emergency cash when naked or nearly so?”), Poetry, Prose, Cosmetics, Personal essays.
1992, London. Various contributors. Larger-than-A5 format. Front cover: orange background with cartoon image of the virgin Mary and child. Black and white content. Subject matter: comic strips written and drawn entirely by women.
Research reports, including: Market & Opinion Research International ‘Women in London’ research report for Greater London Council (GLC) Women’s Committee Support Unit (Jan 1986); summary of report, written by Tim Burns & Sarah Matthews (Feb 1986); Market & Opinion Research International ‘Women in London’ research report for GLC Women’s Committee (1986).
