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Annie Wood was born on 1 October 1847 in London into an upper-middle-class family. Her father died when she was young. Her mother supported the family by running a boarding house for boys at Harrow School. As a young woman, she travelled widely in Europe. In 1867, she married Frank Besant, an evangelical clergyman, and bore two children.
Annie Besant (1847–1933), second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character. She was an outstanding orator of her time, a champion of human freedom, educationist, philanthropist, and author with more than three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit.
Jan 1, 2022 · Annie Besant (1847–1933) was a controversial figure in the latter half of the nineteenth century in England and India. Over the course of her public career, Besant was a mother, social reformer, freethinker, feminist, author, atheist, secularist, Neo-Malthusian, president of the Theosophical Society, establisher of colleges in India, martyr, president of the Indian National Congress, deified as a goddess, and finally demonized by many Indians.
Annie Besant (1 October 1847, London – 20 September 1933, India) was a British woman who became one of the leaders of the Indian freedom struggle. In 1885, Annie Besant joined the Fabian Society and later became a member of 'Marxist Social Democratic Federation'.
May 16, 2018 · The influence of Annie Besant’s role in the cultural and spiritual renaissance of India is a continuing one; indeed, she was at the very forefront of the changing tides, the depths from which India would arise renewed and reborn, its people awakened to the dawning of a better day, illuminated by the radiant rays of hope.
Annie Besant (1847–1933): Struggles and Quest. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 2017. xii + 325 pp., paper, £10. Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière’s book, the product of “five years of research and reflection,” is an impressive and detailed biography of one of the modern era’s most fascinating and influential women.
Dec 16, 2022 · Introduction. Annie Wood Besant (1 Oct. 1847–20 Sept. 1933) was a controversial and polarizing figure in her own time and remains so even today. Three-quarters Irish, born in central London, she expanded her scope worldwide, along the way encompassing the roles of social reformer, women’s rights advocate, and religious leader.
