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Annie Besant: New India
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Dr. Annie Besant was a political activist in the early part of the century. She was involved in helping to establish the first trade unions in London and was ... very instrumental in the struggle for independence in India. She also spent some time as the president of The Theosophical Society of America.
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Annie Besant was a prominent Theosophist, social reformer, political leader, women's rights activist, writer and orator. She was of Irish origin and made India her second home. She fought for the rights of Indian and was the first woman president of Indian National Congress.
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At the same time, Annie Besant continued her involvement with political matters in India. By 1914, she was editing the politically focused newspaper New India. In 1916, she established the Indian Home Rule League. She had earlier become a prominent member of the Indian National Congress, founded in 1885 by another Theosophist, Allan Octavian Hume. In 1917, Besant became the first woman and the first non-Indian to serve as president of that organization. Eight years later, in 1925, she was succeeded in the office by Sarojini Naidu, a poet called “The Nightingale of India” and the first Indian woman to serve as president of the Congress.
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Annie Besant, William Stead and Henry Hyde Champion used their newspapers to call for a boycott of Bryant & May matches. The women at the company ... decided to form a Matchgirls' Union and Besant agreed to become its leader. After three weeks the company announced that it was willing to re-employ the dismissed women and would also bring an end to the fines system. The women accepted the terms and returned in triumph. The Bryant & May dispute was the first strike by unorganized workers to gain national publicity. It was also successful at helped to inspire the formation of unions all over the country.
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Annie Besant was born in London to Irish parents. In 1893, she left for India having been influenced by the Indian culture and civilization. She was famous as a social worker, educationalist and journalist.
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Annie Besant made her home in Benares, 1895, and there started her renowned religious, educational and social services to India. She opened the Central Hindu College, Benares, in 1898. At her request George S. Arundale accepted the post of Professor of History at the College. He latter became Headmaster of the Collegiate School, and afterwards Principal of the College itself until 1913. From 1895 to 1906 was a period of vigorous and steady growth for The Society. H.S.O.
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