Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press.
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Mabel Emily Besant
Standard Name: Besant, Mabel Emily
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Annie Besant | After a period of continued religious crisis, during which Thomas Scott
and Charles Voysey
befriended her, AB
left her husband
, taking her daughter
with her. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Annie Besant | AB
lost permanent custody of her daughter, Mabel
(who had lived with her for a significant proportion of her time), and son, Digby
(who already lived mainly with his father). Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 135 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Annie Besant | AB
had a son, Arthur Digby
(born on 16 January 1869), and a daughter, Mabel Emily
(born on 28 August 1870). Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 34 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Occupation | Annie Besant | After a stint as a governess, AB
decided she could afford the rental of a house in Colby Road, Upper Norwood, for herself, Mabel
, and a maid. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 64-5, 68 |
| politics | Annie Besant | The trial and temporary conviction of AB
and Charles Bradlaugh
in the summer of 1877 on obscenity charges for publishing the birth control pamphlet Fruits of Philosophy, as well as her public atheism, deprived... |
| Residence | Annie Besant | AB
and her daughter Mabel
moved from Colby Road, Upper Norwood, to a furnished apartment in Bayswater, which they shared with two other women. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 84 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Annie Besant | As well as a guinea a week for her paid work, AB
was. receiving £9 3s. 4d. a month in support payments from her husband for Mabel
. Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 99 |
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