Maud Mary Brindley (1866 – 28 November 1939) was an English artist and suffragette and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union.

Maud Mary Brindley
Brindley in 1914
Born
Mary Maud Eadon

Carlisle, England
Died28 November 1939(1939-11-28) (aged 73)
West Malling, Kent, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OccupationArtist
SpouseJohn Angell James Brindley

Early life

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Brindley was born in Carlisle in 1866 the daughter of Major Eadon.[1]

Activist

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She was arrested for "incitement to rush the House of Commons" following a rally at Trafalgar Square in October 1908 which led to a three-month term in Holloway. She was remanded to allow her to get legal representation.[2]

In 1913 Brindley was arrested and sentenced for breaking shop windows in Oxford Street; she served a five-month sentence at Holloway.[3][4]

Family life

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Brindley married fellow artist and landscape painter John Angell James Brindley in 1899. She died on 28 November 1939 at West Malling, in Kent.

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Social and Political Unit". Votes for Women. 22 July 1910.
  2. ^ "The Suffragist Disturbances". The Times. No. 38778. 15 October 1908. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Suffragists at Clerkenwell Sessions - Speeches from the dock". The Suffragette. 14 February 1913. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Prisoners". The Suffragette. 30 May 1913. p. 12.