Leicester Secular Hall
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Leicester Secular Hall is a Grade II listed building in Leicester, England. It was built in 1881 for the city's Secular Society.
The Leicester Secular Hall in 2015.
Annie Besant
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Annie Besant was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and activist, educationist, involved in women's rights, Home Rule, and Indian nationalism. She gave support to both Irish
Leicester Secular Hall
…secularists liked the idea and thought it would attract public interest. The hall was opened on Sunday 6 March 1881. Josiah Gimson, Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant gave speeches. Edward Aveling,George Bernard Shaw and William Morris are among the many radical thinkers who have spoken there…
Annie Besant as a young woman
St. Margaret's church in Sibsey, Lincolnshire, where Frank Besant was vicar from 1872 to 1917
Annie Besant's house, 39 Colby Road, Upper Norwood, now bearing a blue plaque
Studio portrait of Besant, c. 1910