Marie Naylor | |
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| Born | 1856 London, England |
| Died | 1940 (aged 83–84) Richmond, England |
| Cause of death | Air raid |
| Other names | Mary Jane |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Militant suffragette |
Marie Naylor (1856 – 1940) was a British artist and militantsuffragette.[1]
Naylor was born in London in 1856. She studied art and had a self portrait exhibited at theRoyal Academy in 1890, which was commented on by theIllustrated London News.[2]. In all, she exhibited six times at Royal Academy exhibitions, between the years 1886 and 1900. During this time she also studied in Paris, where she exhibited in various exhibitions, including a one-woman exhibition atGalerie Dosbourg in 1898[3] before returning to the UK where she took an interest in women's suffrage.[4]
In 1907, she joined theWomen's Social and Political Union (WSPU), after previously belonging to the non-militant women's suffrage societies theNational Union of Suffrage Societies and theCentral Society for Women's Suffrage.[5]Emily Blathwayt described her as "one of their (WSPU) best London speakers."[3]
In February 1908, Naylor was one of several suffragette includingVera Wentworth and the sistersGeorgiana Brackenbury andMarie Brackenbury who were arrested for the Pantechnicon Raid.[4] This WSPU stunt was to drop off a large group of women from a removal van (a pantechnicon) so they could storm theHouse of Commons.
In 1909 and 1910 she stayed atEagle House with Linley and Emily Blathwayt. On 9 April 1910 she was given the honour of plantinga tree in "Annie's Arboretum".[6]
When Emmeline Pankhurst died on 14 June 1928, Naylor was one of her pallbearers, alongside other former suffragettes Georgiana Brackenbury, Marie Brackenbury,Marion Wallace Dunlop,Harriet Kerr,Mildred Mansel,Kitty Marshall,Rosamund Massy,Ada Wright andBarbara Wylie.[7][8]
Naylor died in Richmond in 1940 after an air raid.[3]
