Silence the Violence
Spoken word event featuring local female poets to raise awareness of violence against women was a great success. Get a taste of the evening by listening to Hayley Green Mouthy poet!
Interview with the Lord Mayor of Nottingham
Interview with our inspirational Lord Mayor Merlita Bryan. Cllr Bryan met Tamsin and Nicolle in the Council House Parlour and told WoLAn about her fascinating life as a hard-working woman and mother balancing […]
Janet Rose: Empowering Women and Challenging Discrimination
Today Dr Anna Ball (WoLAN volunteer) interviewed Janet Rose: Counsellor/Dancer/Empowerer Her message for women: Speak your mind and don’t be afraid to rock the boat, be honest and disagree. Don’t let […]
Reclaim the Night
RECLAIM THE NIGHT march against sexual violence on 9th of November was an overwhelming success with over two hundred women marching from the Forest Recreation Ground to the Square and ending with […]
Rosemary Wels Original Designer Found!
Nottingham artist Rosemary Wels has contacted the WoLAN project to tell us that the logo on our Wolan leaflet is her design. The logo consists of a circle depicting a suffragette […]
Celebration of Women’s Stories Drama Event
COME AND JOIN US ON Saturday 28th September for tea and cakes. In our Celebration of Women’s Stories Drama Event. Come and try acting. Be part of the audience or […]
WELCOME TO RUTH our latest Volunteer! Wolan volunteers span 80 years!
A warm wolan welcome to our most mature volunteer Ruth who was born in 1918 (our range of women on the project now spans over 80 years)! Ruth is Public […]
What is WoLAN?
WoLAN (Women’s Liberation and after in Nottingham) is a groundbreaking new history project tracing the origins of the women’s liberation movement in Nottingham through the 1960’s,70’s and 80’s. This was […]