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Annie Besant

British social reformer and supporter of Indian self-rule

Did you know?She was a pioneer of the matchgirls' strike and served as the first female president of the Indian National Congress.

Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, educationist, and activist involved in women's rights, Home Rule, and Indian nationalism. She gave support to both Irish and Indian self-rule.

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