Annie Besant
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Annie Besant was a prominent Fabian Socialist, Theosophist, member of the Indian National Congress and Speaker of the National Secular Society.
She started traveling to India as early as 1893, but in 1907 she was elected President of the Theosophical Society and relocated there permanently.[1]
In 1917 she was elected as President of the Indian National Congress.
She was an influential force in the founding of the Liberal Catholic Church.
References
- ↑ Besant, Annie. International Encyclopedia.