Annie Besant (Illustrated): An Autobiography
- ISBN-10
- 1984093207
- ISBN-13
- 9781984093202
- Pages
- 172
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-23
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Annie Annie Besant
Description
Annie Besant, n�e Wood (1 October 1847 - 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule.In 1867, Annie at age 20, married Frank Besant, a clergyman, and they had two children, but Annie's increasingly anti-religious views led to a legal separation in 1873. She then became a prominent speaker for the National Secular Society (NSS) and writer and a close friend of Charles Bradlaugh. In 1877 they were prosecuted for publishing a book by birth control campaigner Charles Knowlton. The scandal made them famous, and Bradlaugh was elected M.P. for Northampton in 1880.
