Annie Besant - Wikipedia
WEBAnnie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism.
Annie Besant | Indian Nationalist, Theosophist, Writer
WEBSep 16, 2024 · Annie Besant (born Oct. 1, 1847, London, Eng.—died Sept. 20, 1933, Adyar, Madras [now in Tamil Nādu, India]) was a British social reformer, sometime Fabian socialist, theosophist, and Indian independence leader. Besant had been the wife of an Anglican clergyman.
Annie Besant: Minister's Wife to Atheist to Theosophist
WEBJun 4, 2017 · Annie Besant lived her "splendid adventure" in her religious journey and social activism. How did a minister's wife become an atheist and spiritualist and radical social reformer?
BBC - History - Annie Besant
WEBAnnie Besant © Besant was a British social reformer, campaigner for women's rights and a supporter of Indian nationalism. Annie Woods was born in London on 1 October 1847. She had an...
Annie Besant Biography
WEBAnnie Besant (1847-1933) – political reformer, women’s rights activist, theosophist and Indian nationalist. “An imperious necessity forces me to speak the truth, as I see it, whether the speech please or displease, whether it bring praise or blame.
Annie Besant: ‘[a] stormy, public, much attacked and slandered life ...
WEBJul 4, 2020 · Annie Besant died on 20 September 1933 in Tamil Nadu, India (formerly Madras), aged 84. Despite leading a determinedly independent life, Annie suffered heavily for her choices, like so many other trailblazing women of her time and in her own words, ‘[…]with a great price I had obtained my freedom’.
Annie Besant (1847–1933): Struggles and Quest
WEBTheosophists are familiar with the role that Annie Besant played in the Theosophical Society, but they may not be aware of her struggle for women’s rights, her battle against social inequalities, or her fight for Indian independence from British rule.
Annie Besant - Theosophy Wiki
WEBNov 26, 2023 · Annie Besant (1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an Anglo-Irish orator, writer, and social rights activist. She is well known from her role in the Indian National Congress during the struggle for Indian home rule, and for her support of national education in India.
Besant, Annie | Theosophy World
WEBAnnie Besant was a woman of intellect and leadership who courageously went beyond the limited Victorian female gender role to become the foremost and influential woman orator and political activist of her day.
Annie Besant: The Pearl of the Indian Renaissance
WEBMay 16, 2018 · Annie Besant’s life was a necessarily public one; indeed, she considered herself a humble servant and missionary of the Masters in the guiding of humanity along the evolutionary path. Her role was the carry out the outer work of the Inner Government of the World by the means of selfless service and in the practical promulgation of the ideals ...
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