Helen Crawfurd
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Helen Crawfurd was a Scottish suffragette, rent strike organiser, Communist activist and politician. Born in Glasgow, she was brought up there and in London.
Helen Crawfurd
(L - R) Helen Crawfurd, Janet Barrowman, Margaret McPhun, Mrs A. A. Wilson, Frances McPhun, Nancy A. John and Annie S. Swan
Mary Barbour Statue - Front view
Helen Crawfurd: middle row, second from left- At Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Conference, Zurich, 1919
Rent strike
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A rent strike is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants come together and agree to refuse to pay their rent en masse until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord. This can be a useful tactic of final resort for use against intransigent landlords, but carries the risk of eviction and lowered credit scores in some cases.
A rent strike in Harlem, New York City, September 1919.