Adele Patrick is an artist, feminist and the co-founder of the Glasgow Women's Library. In 2011, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2015, she was awarded Scotswoman of the Year.
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Biography
editPatrick studied Embroidered and Woven Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art in the mid-1980s,[1] and after graduation she supervised the Gender Art and Culture Studies at the School for twelve years. This lead her to study for a PhD at the University of Strathclyde (completed at the University of Stirling in 2004).[2] Her thesis looked at the convergence of gender, feminism, class and ethnicity in the territory of self-fashioning.[3]
As well as founding the Glasgow Women's Library, she also co-founded the cultural organisation Women in Profile several years earlier in 1987.[2] This specifically looked at how Glasgow could be re-branded away from a ‘masculinised’ culture to be more inclusive in time for Glasgow's status and European City of Culture in 1990.[1]
She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2011.[4] In 2015, she was awarded Scotswoman of the Year by the Evening Times in recognition of her work support and preserving the culture and history of women in Scotland and the UK.[5][6] In 2017, Patrick was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (DLitt) by Glasgow School of Art / Glasgow University, and the University of Strathclyde.[7][8] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022.[9]
Involvement in Glasgow Women’s Library
editAdele Patrick founded the Glasgow Women's Library in 1991,[10] a lending library and repository of many types of historical and contemporary artefacts including Suffragette memorabilia and dress making patterns from the 1930s.[11] The library is home to more than 20,000 books and 30,000 archival items as well as holding events throughout the year.[12]
Patrick is now the library's Lifelong Learning and Creative Development Manager.[10]
The library has links with several sister organisations across the world, a list to which is online.[13]
Personal ethos
editPatrick has stated in interviews her aims are “to encourage women to dream more, have faith in their own abilities and aim higher.”[14]
“It seems to me the aspirations for women are often very meagre,” she says. “After all, the film-makers of the future, the women who are going to be our next political leaders, have got to come from somewhere. Why shouldn’t it be the woman who has just walked through the door?”[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Adele Patrick". Rgu.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Goodmovers | Who has a new job in the voluntary sector | 19 October 2016". Third Force News. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Adele Patrick". Saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Adele Patrick:Biography". Herstoryportrait. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Scotswomen of the Year : Previous Winners" (PDF). Newsquestscotlandevents.com. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Meet our Scotswoman of the Year: Adele's amazing legacy gives women a voice". Evening Times. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "University of Glasgow - University news - Honorary Degrees". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year gets honourary [sic] doctorate from Strathclyde University". HeraldScotland. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Thomas, James (22 March 2022). "Academic and artistic minds honoured as RSE Fellows". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Glasgow Women's Library: Truly a national treasure". Creative Scotland. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "About Us | Glasgow Women's Library". Womenslibrary.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Adele Patrick: Scotland's Feminist Treasure Trove". On The Dot Woman. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Sister Organisations | Glasgow Women's Library". Womenslibrary.org.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ a b Dani Garavelli. "Glasgow Women's Library celebrates 25 years of inspiration". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
External links
edit- "Glasgow Women's Library | Celebrating Scotland's Women". Womenslibrary.org.uk. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.