1. Scottish political campaigners
Era of the Great War
Scottish political campaigners

2. Scottish political campaigners
In today’s class I am learning to:
Describe the actions of famous Scottish political campaigners

3. Scottish political campaigners
In the era of the Great War, many Scottish men and women were involved in politics, including campaigning for better housing or to end the war.

4. Scottish political campaigners
Some of these campaigners included:
John Maclean
Mary Barbour
James Maxton
Elsie Inglis
James Keir Hardie
Jenny McCallum

5. Scottish political campaigners
John Maclean
Maclean was a Glasgow school teacher who helped start the Scottish Communist Party.
He gave public anti-war speeches and was sent to prison due to breaking the Defence of the Realm Act.

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Maclean was also involved in campaigns to improve living conditions, including supporting rent strikes and workplace strikes.
He was also involved in Irish politics and later campaigned for an independent Ireland.

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Mary Barbour
Barbour’s was as a leader of the Clydeside rent strikes.
She set up campaign groups and was involved in protests and stopping evictions. Protestors were known as Mrs Barbour’s Army.

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She became involved in other political issues, including campaigning for a peaceful end to the Great War.
After the war she was elected as a Labour councillor, and campaigned on women’s health issues.

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James Maxton
Like John Maclean, Maxton was a Glasgow school teacher.
He campaigned against both World Wars, and was a conscientious objector during the First World War.

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During the Great War he organised workplace strikes and was later sent to prison.
He was involved in the Independent Labour Party and later became an MP, serving Glasgow Bridgeton from until 1946.

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Elsie Inglis
Inglis was born in India but lived in Edinburgh for much of her life.
She is best remembered as a doctor, treating poor women in Scotland, and later setting up field hospitals during the Great War.

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Inglis was a suffragist. She became involved in the campaign because of poor medical treatment for women.
She was a leader of the Scottish suffrage movement and was involved in different peaceful campaigns.

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James Keir Hardie
Hardie was born near Motherwell but brought up in Glasgow.
He started working age seven and later became involved in trade unions, leading strikes and becoming a national leader.

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Hardie’s main role was in politics. He helped set up the Labour Party and became the party’s first ever leader.
Hardie was also an MP and later was involved in campaigns for women’s suffrage and Indian independence.

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Jenny McCallum
Although from a working class background, McCallum became a key figure in the Suffragette movement.
She was sent to prison for her role in a protest beside the Westminster Parliament.

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McCallum eventually left the Suffragettes and then joined the Women’s Freedom League.
This led to her organising protests and actions to help poorer women, including supporting rent strikes in Fife.