Talk:Mary Barbour

"First" woman Labour councillor in Glasgow
Barbour was elected to Glasgow Town Council in 1920. One other woman was elected as a Labour councillor at the same time, and three others as Moderates.

Agnes Dollan had stood for election in 1919, but failed to win the seat. This made her the first woman to be a Labour candidate in Glasgow.

Patrick Dollan wrote, in 1923, in a book called History of Kinning Park Cooperative Society Limited that Barbour had been "the first Co-operative woman elected to the council" and "the first Labour woman to be elected to Glasgow Town Council" (on p147 of that book). This is cited by Dr Catriona Burness in her book, Remember Mary Barbour (as noted in the article) as the origin of the misconception that Barbour was the first woman to be a Labour councillor in Glasgow. LesleyMitchell (talk) 16:03, 20 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the clarification, I didn't look very closely into it, just saw a link to Patrick about a statement which seemed to relate to a female, saw Agnes had an article which was only a few years old so thought it was possibly an older link to her through his article, or just the wrong Dollan. The truth is a bit more complex, as you have outlined. Apologies if it was a bit of a waste of your time to sort. Crowsus (talk) 18:11, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Untitled
It is claimed that Barbour became 'the first woman Labour councillor' in 1920. However, the similarly-named Mary Bamber was elected in the Everton area of Liverpool one year earlier, according to her entry. Ad Nauseam

Editathon
This article, possibly along with other Red Clydeside articles, is the subject of an editathon in Govan on Saturday 9th January 2016. Please assume that the newbies act in good faith. Thanks. Flourbomb (talk) 07:37, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

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There are multiple references to name=":4" in the article and I was not able to work out which source is being cited in each case. Also reference 20 to The Govan Press (1920-11-05) needs a title (and ideally author).&mdash; Rod talk 12:30, 18 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I have updated the Govan Press article citation to include a title. No author is stated for the article, as is common in most newspapers, so this information cannot be added.
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 * While updating the ref template used (from URL to news), I have also updated the auto-generated citation name from ":4" to ":0". LesleyMitchell (talk) 11:20, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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