“It was the women…once they were organised they were the very devil”

<p>While their husbands and sons were fighting and dying in foreign fields, the working class women of Glasgow also went to war.</p> <p>They didn&rsquo;t seek or start this fight. They were forced to defend themselves when their profiteering landlords demanded they pay more rent or face eviction.</p> <p>The home-made weapons they wielded were not bombs and bullets, but balls of wet washing and bags of flour. The landlords had a private army of bailiffs, political connections, and the power of the courts on their side.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@MetLines/it-was-the-women-once-they-were-organised-they-were-the-very-devil-ca8a973d132a"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>