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,Agnes Dollan and Jessie Stephen. The first signs of resistance to the increased rents arose in Govan, with refusal to pay the increased rent by tenants, culminating in the Glasgow Rent Strikes, of which Mary Barbour was a leading figure.
