Maud Mary Brindley


Maud Mary Brindley was an English artist and suffragette and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union.

Early life

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

Activist

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

Family life

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