Women's Library, Special library in Westminster, England
The Women's Library contains more than 60,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, and organizational records focusing on women's rights and social advancement.
Founded in 1926 from a collection established by Ruth Cavendish Bentinck in 1909, the library emerged from the London Society for Women's Suffrage.
The library maintains extensive documentation of women's movements, including personal papers from Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Virginia Woolf, and Eleanor Rathbone.
Located in the Lionel Robbins Building at LSE, the library provides study areas, digital access to resources, and specialized collection storage for researchers.
In 2011, the library's suffrage archives received recognition in UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Register for their documentation of women's voting rights.
Location: City of Westminster
Inception: 1926
Part of: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Address: London School of Economics, 10 Portugal Street WC2A 2HD WC2A 2HD
Phone: +442079557229
Email: library.enquiries@lse.ac.uk
Website: http://lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/The-Womens-Library
GPS coordinates: 51.51470,-0.11582
Latest update: March 5, 2025 02:56
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