London School of Economics steps in to rescue Europe's most extensive collection of women's history amid funding fears.
From a piece in the Guardian...
Founded in 1926 by the leading suffragist Millicent Fawcett, the collection has evolved into Europe's leading source of documents relating to every aspect of women's lives, including women's rights, suffrage, sexuality, health, education, employment, reproductive rights, the family and the home.
One of its most intriguing and popular exhibits is the return portion of a train ticket from Victoria station in London to Epsom, which was among the personal effects found on Emily Wilding Davison, the 41-year-old suffragette martyred under George V's horse at the 1913 derby, and which raises the question of whether she intended to kill herself that day.
Professor Craig Calhoun, director of the LSE, said: "It is of vital importance that strong historical collections are maintained and I am proud that LSE has been able to step in to keep the Women's Library open.
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LSE may be taking the collection, but The Women's Library is still slated to close. It hasn't been saved yet!
Further details can be found on the Save The Women's Library page, including an official response to the London Met/LSE decision to close the library. The site can be found here: http://savethewomenslibrary.blogspot.co.uk/
Supporters of The Women's Library can sign our petition to keep it open here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/925/128/986/save-the-womens-library-at-london-metropolitan-university
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I think people need to understand that LSE taking the books into its own collection is NOT saving the library. The Women's Library is an iconic institution for the women's movement that is losing so many of its buildings and so much of its funding. Please help us create a furore that will make LSE work with us to keep the collections where they belong, in Old Castle St
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