A Dirty, Filthy Book: Annie Besant’s Fight for Reproductive Rights
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| Author | Michael Meyer |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Publication Date | 2025-02-06 |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780753559949 |
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‘Makes the case for Annie Besant as a truly eminent Victorian, as brilliant and fearless as she was beautiful’ The Times
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London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence.
Annie Besant and her confidant Charles Bradlaugh are on trial for the crime of publishing a birth control pamphlet. Remarkably, Annie is defending herself against obscenity charges 45 years before women can practice law in England. At a time when women were expected to be obedient, Annie’s fearless voice was a sensation and spotlighted issues of sex, censorship and morality.
A Dirty, Filthy Book tells the gripping story of a little-known pioneer who refused to accept the role that the establishment assigned her, and chose instead to resist.
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| Weight | 0.28 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 2.7 × 13 × 19.7 cm |
| Author | Michael Meyer |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint | W H Allen |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780753559949 |
| Publication Date | 2025-02-06 |
| Publication Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 400 |
| Country of Publication | GB |
| Language | English |
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