Name/TitleNews Update
About this objectNews Update from London Women's Centre for March / April / May. The listed contents are:
- Courses Listings
- Circles - Film and Video Releases
- ASHA - Asian Women's Resource Women's Media Resource Project
- International Women's Day - Listings
- London Women's Centre - Access
- London Women's Centre - Room Hire Charges
Fully digitised (15 pages)
MakerLondon Women's Centre
Date Made1990
Period1990s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesWesley House, 4 Wild Court, Off Kingsway, London WC2B 5AU
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Inscription and MarksFront cover, top right, in pencil: Dup [circled]
MeasurementsH: 298 x W: 210 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://archive.womenslibrary.org.uk/preceding-feminist-groups:
Based at Wesley House, 4 Wild Court, the London Women’s Centre was a thriving hub for women’s orgs for around three decades. The Centre was home to numerous women’s and feminist groups, including the National Abortion Campaign, Asian Women’s Network, Microsyster, English Collective of Prostitutes, Women’s Network for Palestine, Camden Women’s Bus, London Fat Women's Group, Lesbian Archive and Information Centre, Women's Information and Resource Exchange (WIRES), Women's Resource Centre, and many more.
From 1984-1996, the LWC housed Lesbian Archive & Information Centre, whose collections now live here at GWL. The Lesbian Archive makes up around one-third of our total archive holdings, and the LAIC library – up on the mezzanine level of our home in Bridgeton – comprises feminist and lesbian feminist literature, many of which titles are increasingly rare and hard to come by.
Facing increasing pressure from their main funder, Camden Council, to turn away from their explicitly feminist focus and instead become a more commercial venture, the LWC rebranded themselves as a music and events venue The Wheel in the mid 1990s. The rebrand was ultimately unsuccessful and Wesley House closed around 2000 (date unconfirmed).
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeDocument
Object numberGWL-2014-48-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved