This year, LSE Library is celebrating the centenary of The Women’s Library, the UK’s oldest and largest book, archive and museum collection which documents the history of feminism, campaigning and activism from the late 19th century to the present day.
Events in this collection
Trailblazers: the first women elected to government
Wednesday at 13:00 BST
Free
Research, Archives and Inspiration: Reflections on The Women's Library
Wed 25 Nov, 13:00 GMT
Free
Women's Suffrage, The Women's Library and Me
Wed 2 Dec, 18:00
Free
Preserving Women's Publishing Histories: Editing Women in the Archives
Thu 24 Sept, 18:00
Free
Women Making It with Glasgow Women’s Library
Wed 16 Sept, 18:00
Free
Quilting to Remember: Women in the Miners' Strike
Wed 2 Sept, 18:00
Free
Film Screening & Discussion: Cynthia Cockburn and Women Building Bridges
Fri 3 Jul, 18:00
Free
‘A Magnificent Failure’? Una Kroll: Faith, Feminism, and Politics - ONLINE
Thu 25 Jun, 18:30
Free
Virginia Stephen and The People's Suffrage Federation
Thu 14 May, 18:00
Free
Quiet Power: Write & Shine at LSE Library
Tue 12 May, 07:15
Free
Archives of Activism: Exploring Environmental Justice
Wed 25 Mar, 18:00
Free
The Women’s Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections
Thu 12 Mar, 17:00
Free
For the Dear Love of Comrades with Karen Karbiener
The British Library of Political and Economic Science (@LSELibrary) was founded in 1896, a year after the London School of Economics and Political Science. It has been based in the Lionel Robbins Building since 1978 and houses many world class collections, including The Women's Library.
