Rent Strikes Flashcards
1
Q
Men away fighting
A
Glasgow rent strikes broke out in 1915 as men were away fighting in the war
2
Q
Land taking advantage
A
Landlords tried to take advantage by raising rents, and protests were largely coordinated by women
3
Q
Landlords subjected to hostility
A
Landlords became targets of hostility and were accused of being on the Germans side
4
Q
Leaders
A
Helen Crawford, the Govans Women’s Housing Association was a prominent leader of the strikes
5
Q
Treatment of landlords
A
Landlords were barred from entering properties to collect rents and were attacked by flour bombs
6
Q
Rent Restrictions Act
A
Fearing revolution on the ‘Red Clydeside’ the government backed down, passing the Rent Restrictions Act
