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Besant, Annie(nee Wood)
Died: 1933 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Activists, Novelists, Philanthropist
English social reformer and Theosophist mystic in India
1847 - Born on the 1st of August in London, England.
1867 - Married a clergyman Frank Besant, younger brother of Walter Besant.
1874 - She authored "The Political Status of Women".
1877 - Wrote "The Law Of Population".
1878 - Wrote a non-fictional book "Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, And As It Should Be: A Plea For Reform".
1885 - She wrote "Autobiographical Sketches".
1890 - Joined Blavatsky's Theosophy Society and created her own splinter group after Blavatsky's death.
1893 - Authored a non-fictional book "An Autobiography".
1898 - Wrote "The Ancient Wisdom".
1908 - Wrote "Introduction to Yoga".
1929 - Wrote "The Doctrine of the Heart".
1933 - She died on 20th of September in Madras, India.
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- "Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle."
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