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Annie Besant
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Annie Besant
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Annie Besant
This 1893 autobiography of a controversial radical who challenged Victorian ideologies covers the first half of her life.
Annie Besant
In her long life, Annie Besant embraced political, religious, and social causes with equal conviction and sincerity, courting ridicule and controversy by actively promoting unpopular ideas. At 26 she fled the shelter of marriage to an Anglican clergyman and renounced her religious upbringing by joining the National Secular Society. Under the influence of its president, Charles Bradlaugh, she wrote and lectured for the cause of Freethought, and in 1876, achieved nationwide fame by defending birth control in a public court. She converted to socialism and through her friendship with Bernard Shaw joined the Fabian Society. In 1888 Besant played a leading role in the Bryant and May match girls' s...
Annie Besant
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Autobiographical Sketches
Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) was a problematic and notorious figure in Victorian England, questioning and then breaking from the Anglican Church to become an atheist, women’s rights advocate, and Freethinker. As editor of her own journal, Our Corner, she responded to inquiries about her life experiences by serializing her life story, which was published in 1885. After providing a vivid account of her trial, along with Charles Bradlaugh, for the right to publish birth control literature, Besant recounts her heartbreaking trial for custody of her daughter. With a critical and historical introduction by Carol Hanbery MacKay, this Broadview Edition includes comparative passages from An Autobiography, written in 1893 after Besant’s conversion to Theosophy. Contemporary reviews, excerpts from publications about issues such as Socialism and trade unionism, and additional examples of Besant’s writing about secularism and labour reform are also included.
An Autobiography
Annie Besant (1847-1933) was a politically active Victorian woman who was much criticized in her time for her outspoken views. She was a self-confessed atheist which, unsurprisingly, led to her separation from her clergyman husband. She joined and was a very active member of the theosophist society.
Annie Besant
Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 - 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist. Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit. As an educationist, her contributions included the founding of the Banaras Hindu University. In 1867, Annie, at age 20, married Frank Besant, a clergyman, and they had two children. However, Annie's increasingly unconventional religious views led to their legal separation in 1873. She then became a prominent speaker for the National S...
Annie Besant
Annie Besant Annie Besant This first volume of the Annie Besant Collection includes ten amazing books by this prolific English author, undoubtedly one of the most important authorities of the Theosophical Movement. The books explore the subject of Theosophy from all possible angles, including an in depth explanation of the core beliefs of this philosophic/religious movement; its views towards Christianity and the relation with other schools of thought, as The New Psychology. A very comprehensive analysis, the volume collects most of the author's works on the subject; an author whose wisdom has inspired generations of readers around the world. The Books are: THEOSOPHY THEOSOPHY AND IT'S EVIDE...
