12 Facts About Marie Brackenbury

Marie Venetia Caroline Brackenbury was a British painter who was a militant suffragette and suffragette artist.

Marie Brackenbury followed Emmeline Pankhurst's lead as she became more militant.

Marie Brackenbury's home was known as "Mouse Castle" because it looked after recovering hunger strikers.

Marie Brackenbury was the younger sister of Georgina Brackenbury, a painter and militant suffragette.

Marie Brackenbury was brought up by Flora Shaw, a governess housekeeper - as Brackenbury's mother, Hilda Eliza, disliked housework.

Marie Brackenbury's mother had been interested in women's rights and in 1907 she joined the increasingly radical Women's Social and Political Union.

Marie Brackenbury was particularly known for pavement art where she would chalk pavements to advertise WSPU events.

Georgina and Marie Brackenbury were sentenced to six weeks in prison after they joined a WSPU stunt at the House of Commons.

Marie Brackenbury's parents had set land aside to plant an individual tree for each WSPU member sentenced to prison.

Marie Brackenbury's mother made the point that two of her sons had been killed in India on active service whilst she had little political rights.

Marie Brackenbury's mother served eight days on remand and fourteen days in jail despite being 80 years old.

Marie Brackenbury's mother was asked to talk at the London Pavilion when she was released in April 1912.