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The digital map app named “Women''s Map/Women''s Library” shows places in the Prague 1 and Prague 2 districts in close surroundings to the library, tied with women''s history. Visitors can pick these spots on the map and get to know these mostly forgotten places. The map will be used also for pre-designed walks through the city centre, together with multimedia material created from a portfolio of library collections. Each individual spot on the map will be linked to a set of pictures, text and contextual background. The map of selected places will be available in digital as well as an analogue version.
The project is based in the neighbourhood, where the Gender Studies library is located in the district of Prague 2 and Prague 1. In this neighbourhood, we can find various places tied with the history of the Czech Women''s Movement (such as Minerva, the first high school/comprehensive school for girls in Czechia, the first secondary school for girls in Vodičkova St.), with significant women of history (Eliška Krásnohorská, Karolína Světlá) famous figures and events, significantly tied with women''s equal rights and women''s education and intelligence. The library itself and its collections are unique with its focus on women''s education.
In cooperation with the municipality of Prague 2 and City of Prague, the keeper of river quay (a favourite meeting and culture spot) and other project partners (CAMP, Multicultural Centre of Prague, Museum of Czech Literature, Municipal Library of Prague, Dittrichova branch), public events will be organised, thematically related to and sourcing from the library collections and its archives. Real and virtual activities in the map app will draw attention to the need for public debate on women''s education, women''s participation in public life as well as marginalized social groups.