South Govan Women's Housing Association

South Govan Women's Housing Association was established in 1915 under the leadership by Mary Barbour in Govan on the south side of Glasgow in Scotland.

In response to rent increases in Glasgow during the First World War, a result of landlords taking advance of households whose men were away fighting as part of the war effort, working class women formed tenants associations, including the South Govan Women's Housing Association. This was led by Helen Crawfurd, Mary Barbour,[1][2]Agnes Dollan and Jessie Stephen.[3] The first signs of resistance to the increased rents arose in Govan, with refusal to pay the increased rent by tenants,[4] culminating in the Glasgow Rent Strikes, of which Mary Barbour was a leading figure.[5]

References
  1. "International Women's Day celebrates the life of Mary Barbour". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. "Red Clydeside: Mary Barbour". sites.scran.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "Class War on the Homes Front: The Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915 | Leftcom". www.leftcom.org. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. Melling, Joseph (1983). Rent Strikes: Peoples' Struggle for Housing in West Scotland 1890-1916. Polygon. p. 64. ISBN 0904919722.
  5. "Mary Barbour | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland". womenofscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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