Red Skirts on Clydeside (clip 1)

Recovering women's history in Glasgow

A documentary about the process of uncovering women's history using the 1915 Glasgow Rent Strikes as a focal point.

Includes interviews with women about their memories of Socialist organisations in Glasgow and personalities involved in the Strikes.

What do you know about women during the First World War?
Why does the film start outside a classroom and what is the teacher talking about?
What is oral history and why is it important?
What can you learn about the 1915 Rent Strikes from this clip?
What is a film co-op?

Visit a local archive, library or museum to research women's history.

Conduct interviews with older women in your community about a time in the past.

Find out about the Glasgow Women's Library and what they have in their collections relating to the First World War period.

Project Ref	3053
Date	1984
Genre	Documentary
School Subject	Literacy, History, Social History, Social Studies
Subject Matter	First World War, Rent Strikes, women's history, Mary Barbour
Who	Sheffield Film Co-op, Jenny Woodley (director and editor), Christine Bellamy (director)
Where	Glasgow, London
Event	1915 Rent Strikes, Mary Barbour
Attributes	Colour, Sound
Clip Length	07:29
Film Length	40:37