Petition to have a street renamed after Mary Barbour in the village of her birth, Kilbarchan

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Mary Barbour: Kilbarchan's Greatest Daughter.

Political activist Mary Barbour (née Rough) was born 22nd February, 1875 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

She is noted as a 'Red Clydesider' and one the leaders of 'Mrs. Barbour's Army' who through rent strikes fought against rent increases in 1915.

Mary was the first female Labour Councillor on Glasgow Town Council and as well as being the first woman Bailie on Glasgow Corporation she was also appointed one of Glasgow's first women Magistrates.

But in the village of her birth, Kilbarchan, there is no lasting reminder of Mary Barbour. I believe that there should be. I would prefer a monument in her memory but appreciate that times are hard.  Renaming a street in her memory was provide a lasting reminder to this great woman.