No Surrender: God Help the Sheriff Officer Who Enters Here

[IwantToRetire]

During WWI, Glasgow landlords raised rents by 25% on soldiers' wives.

In protest, the women launched a rent strike, hurling flour bombs and yanking down bailiffs' trousers to block evictions.

(for those who cant see images it is a photo of a large crowd of women defending the door way of a Glasgow tenement with the slogan above the door of "No Surrender")

Women together (as the saying goes) will never be defeated.

I'm not sure what you're going on about...

A great example of women working together and creating change.

The South Govan Women’s Housing Association was led by Mary Barbour. Mary was a tireless campaigner for women’s and children’s services and for peace, who became a councillor, a bailie and a magistrate, and who was among the first women in Glasgow to hold any of those positions. She must have faced down a staggering amount of misogyny and indifference.

Any particular reason this was on your mind today OP?

https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/our-housing-heritage-how-glasgow-tenants-fought-the-huns-at-home-during-world-war-one

Really not sure what part of the post is causing you difficultIes

it is early though….

So good to see such a positive message to remind us of our strength as the fight goes on….

That is literally a case of while the cats away
What an awful decision that was, they would have been worried for their husbands lives, and they were probably living on less as the soldiers wage went to the soldier, so he would've had to arrange for any money to go to the wives.

Admirable then, admirable now. Scotswomen fighting for women’s rights. No wheeshting there.

These is the Feminism and Women's Rights forum.

Why would celebrating a moment in history when women joined forces to bring about change not be appropriate?

Thanks for this info and links.

Sometimes I do wonder why we find it so hard to make local connections with other local women on shared concerns.

It wasn't particularly on my mind, but someone shared it.

And it made me feel positive, so thought I would share here.

Not of course that I am encouraging any one to "yank down bailiff's trousers"!