Annie Besant
by Rosemary Dinnage · first published 1986
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…tours of historic homes. https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Yukichi-Fukuzawa/dp/023... - great perspective on a period of massive intellectual/cutural/political change in Japan https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Besant-Lives-Modern-Women/dp/01... - interesting to see change and continuity in the life of someone extremely capable and influential
on “Ask HN: Biographies recommendations – both Westerner and Non-westerner” ↗WOW, what a read! I remember reading about Annie Besant in school. Historical events like these have a lot to teach us even today. With so many countries still running sweat shops with inhuman labour conditions it's increasingly important to be aware of the…
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