Myra Sadd Brown
Myra Sadd Brown | |
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Sadd Brown in 1937 | |
| Born | 3 October 1872 Maldon, Essex, England |
| Died | 13 April 1938 Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Organization(s) | Women's Social and Political Union, Women's Freedom League, International Suffrage Alliance, Commonwealth Countries League |
Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown (3 October 1872 – 13 April 1938) was a campaigner for women's rights, an activist and internationalist. A suffragette, she became a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1907 and, after breaking a window at the War Office in 1912 was sentenced to two months in prison with hard labour. In prison Sadd Brown went on hunger strike as a result of which she was force-fed. On her release from prison she was awarded a Hunger Strike Medal by the WSPU.