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A Dirty, Filthy Book: Annie Besant’s Fight for Reproductive Rights

By (author) Michael Meyer

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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 _________ 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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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks
Publisher | Ebury Publishing
Published date | 6 Feb 2025
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 400
Dimensions | 198 x 130 x 29mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 280g
ISBN | 978-0-7535-5994-9
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BISAC | history / europe / great britain


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