She is an English feminist who has allowed little information about her family origins to be known. In a lecture given in Spain she said she came from a middle-class background, and in a lecture...
Cultural formation
Annie Besant
In the course of her life, AB
explored many facets of religion and politics. Early in her life she entertained a passionate Christian
devotion and was inspired by the idea of sacrifice, even martyrdom. She...
Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Textual Production
Brigid Brophy
BB
entered the current political debate about pornography and censorship in a pamphlet entitled The Longford
Threat to Freedom, published for the National Secular Society
.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987.
1973
Brown, Susan Windisch, editor. Contemporary Novelists. 6th ed., St James Press, 1996.
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Timeline
1860: The National Reformer was launched; it later...
Building item
1860
The National Reformer was launched; it later became the official publication of the National Secular Society
, founded in 1866.
Royle, Edward. Radical Politics, 1790-1900: Religion and Unbelief. Longman, 1971.
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1893: The National Reformer, the official journal...
Building item
1893
The National Reformer, the official journal of the National Secular Society
since 1866, ceased publication.
Royle, Edward. Radical Politics, 1790-1900: Religion and Unbelief. Longman, 1971.
55, 58
Texts
Brophy, Brigid. The Longford Threat to Freedom. National Secular Society, 1972.