Women in the Archives is a joint initiative between the Linen Hall Library and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) to uncover hidden female voices from their archives. Between them, they hold some of the key records and building blocks of women’s heritage in Ireland.
For the first time, the organisations present two simultaneous exhibitions, Anonymous Was A Woman (Linen Hall Library) and In Her Words (PRONI), unveiling rarely before seen archives, collections and stories about women from history.
The exhibitions will go on tour to libraries across Northern Ireland and border counties later this year. Women in the Archives is one of nine strands that make up Making the Future, a new cross-border cultural programme from the Nerve Centre, National Museums NI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and Linen Hall Library. Making the Future is a €1.82m project supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme that will explore the legacy of the past and create a vision for future change.
