Besant Collection

1888 Matchgirl Strike
Some of the 1400 strikers at the Bryant & May match factory, the first strike by unorganised workers to gain national publicity

1888 Matchgirls / Besant
Annie Besant and the committee of the Matchgirls union, formed during the successful strike action against Bryant & May, in response to poor pay and working conditions

Annie Besant / Fuller
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader - portrait

Besant Circa 1900
ANNIE BESANT circa 1900 Date: 1847 - 1933

Annie Besant with her daughter and granddaughter
Annie Besant (1847-1933) British social reformer, womens rights activist and supporter of Indian nationalism, pictured with her daughter Mable (Mrs Ernest Scott) and her granddaughter, Muriel

Annie Besant / Photo
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader

Match Makers
The Match Makers of the East End. The match-making industry employed mainly female workers and came to prominence in 1888 during the match-making strike when, led by Annie Besant

Besant at Age 16
ANNIE BESANT in 1863, at age 16 Date: 1847 - 1933

Annie Besant / Ilz 1933
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader in old age Date: 1847 - 1933

Annie Besant / Phil May
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader, with Madame Blavatsky and an apparition of Mahatmaism above her Date: 1847 - 1933

Annie Besant in 1920
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader Date: 1847 - 1933

Besant in 1921
ANNIE BESANT in 1921, at age 74 Date: 1847 - 1933

Sir Walter Besant, in later life
Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian (1836-1901). The portrait shows Besant towards the end of his life. Date: circa 1890

Satire on Annie Besant
HOW TO BECOME A MAHATMA satire on Annie Besants career from social reformer to birth control advocate to spiritual guru

Annie Besant / Bibby s
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader

Besant at Arnhem 1920S
ANNIE BESANT lands at Arnhem airport, Netherlands, to take part in a Congress of the Star of the East, 1920s

Annie Besant in 1889
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader

Annie Besant in 1885
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader

Sir Walter Besant
SIR WALTER BESANT English novelist

Woman breathing incense fumes
An example of the sense of smell -- a woman is in raptures as she breathes in fumes of incense

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