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- Title
THE ODYSSEY OF ANNIE BESANT.
- Authors
Oppenheim, Janet
- Abstract
Discusses the spiritual activities of Annie Besant, a Victorian radical with feminist aspirations. Conversion to theosophy; Ways in which religion dominated Besant's life; Marriage to clergyman Frank Besant in 1867; Journey to atheism; Entry into the National Secular Society under the leadership of Charles Bradlaugh; Development of a humanitarian impulse; Allegiance to Theosophical Society founder Helena Blavatsky; Besant's determination to find significant work for herself outside the domestic confines of wifehood and maternity.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; BESANT, Annie, 1847-1933; THEOSOPHY; THEOSOPHISTS; FEMINISM &; religion
- Publication
History Today, 1989, Vol 39, Issue 9, p12
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article