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Today we’re looking at the life and legacy of a legendary figure in the history of the East End of London… Annie Besant…
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Match women’s Strike: youtu.be/DgjH5JrYs84
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Portrait of Annie Besant by an unknown photographer (before 1933). Held by the New York Public Library (Historical and Public Figures Collection – The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs)
Photograph of the Bryant & May match factory (now Bow Quarter) taken by "Fin Fahey"
Photo of matchgirls participating in a strike against Bryant & May, taken by an unknown photographer (London 1888).
Photograph of exterior of old Bryant and May match works taken by “It’s No Game”. From: flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/29056001520/in/photostream
Blue plaque erected in 2022 by English Heritage at Security Lodge, 3 Moreland Cottages, Bow Quarter, 60 Fairfield Road, Bow, London, E3 2QN, London Borough of Tower Hamlets "The MATCH GIRLS’ STRIKE took place here at the Bryant and May works in 1888". Photograph by Spudgun67 (15 July 2022).
Photograph of blue memorial plaque for Bryant and May match works and the strike taken by “Mia!”. From: flickr.com/photos/_mia/2705132560
Photograph of blue memorial plaque Annie Besant at the old Bryant and May match works taken by Nick Harrison. From: flickr.com/photos/111842568@N03/50547286616
Screenshot from google.co.uk/books/edition/On_the_deity_of_Jesus_of_Nazareth_by_the/qLMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
Front matter from The Bradlaugh and Besant edition of Knowlton's 'Fruits of Philosophy' (1877).
Cover of Annie Besant's booklet "Law of Population".
Photograph of Charles Bradlaugh by an unknown photographer from the London Stereoscopic Co., Ltd.
Photograph of Annie Besant by an unknown photographer from the London Stereoscopic Co., Ltd. Held by the New York Public Library.
Bloody Sunday 1887 The Illustrated London News. Quoted in BIRCH, Lionel (ed.), The History of the TUC, 1868-1968 — A Pictorial Survey of a Social Revolution, Londres: TUC, 1968, 169 p. 156.
Photograph of the strike committee of the Matchmaker's Union. Held by the Wellcome Collection.
Photograph of the founder of the Theosophical Society Elena Petrovna Gan (HP Blavatsky), by an unknown photographer (1877).
Studio portrait of Annie Besant (c.1910) by Falk Studio, Sydney. Held by the State Library of New South Wales, PXA 1023
Quoted texts:
Anne Taylor, ODNB entry for Annie Besant.
google.co.uk/books/edition/On_the_deity_of_Jesus_of_Nazareth_by_the/qLMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
George Bernard Shaw on Annie Besant, quoted in Slum Travelers: Ladies and London Poverty, 1860-1920 by Ellen Ross (2007).
Mytheli Sreenivas, Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India (2021)
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #WomensHistory #EastLondon
Today we’re looking at the life and legacy of a legendary figure in the history of the East End of London… Annie Besant…
I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting!
Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos.
Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media:
Instagram: katrina.marchant
Twitter: @kat_marchant
TikTok: @katrina_marchant
Email: readingthepastwithdrkat@gmail.com
Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Match women’s Strike: youtu.be/DgjH5JrYs84
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Portrait of Annie Besant by an unknown photographer (before 1933). Held by the New York Public Library (Historical and Public Figures Collection – The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs)
Photograph of the Bryant & May match factory (now Bow Quarter) taken by "Fin Fahey"
Photo of matchgirls participating in a strike against Bryant & May, taken by an unknown photographer (London 1888).
Photograph of exterior of old Bryant and May match works taken by “It’s No Game”. From: flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/29056001520/in/photostream
Blue plaque erected in 2022 by English Heritage at Security Lodge, 3 Moreland Cottages, Bow Quarter, 60 Fairfield Road, Bow, London, E3 2QN, London Borough of Tower Hamlets "The MATCH GIRLS’ STRIKE took place here at the Bryant and May works in 1888". Photograph by Spudgun67 (15 July 2022).
Photograph of blue memorial plaque for Bryant and May match works and the strike taken by “Mia!”. From: flickr.com/photos/_mia/2705132560
Photograph of blue memorial plaque Annie Besant at the old Bryant and May match works taken by Nick Harrison. From: flickr.com/photos/111842568@N03/50547286616
Screenshot from google.co.uk/books/edition/On_the_deity_of_Jesus_of_Nazareth_by_the/qLMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
Front matter from The Bradlaugh and Besant edition of Knowlton's 'Fruits of Philosophy' (1877).
Cover of Annie Besant's booklet "Law of Population".
Photograph of Charles Bradlaugh by an unknown photographer from the London Stereoscopic Co., Ltd.
Photograph of Annie Besant by an unknown photographer from the London Stereoscopic Co., Ltd. Held by the New York Public Library.
Bloody Sunday 1887 The Illustrated London News. Quoted in BIRCH, Lionel (ed.), The History of the TUC, 1868-1968 — A Pictorial Survey of a Social Revolution, Londres: TUC, 1968, 169 p. 156.
Photograph of the strike committee of the Matchmaker's Union. Held by the Wellcome Collection.
Photograph of the founder of the Theosophical Society Elena Petrovna Gan (HP Blavatsky), by an unknown photographer (1877).
Studio portrait of Annie Besant (c.1910) by Falk Studio, Sydney. Held by the State Library of New South Wales, PXA 1023
Quoted texts:
Anne Taylor, ODNB entry for Annie Besant.
google.co.uk/books/edition/On_the_deity_of_Jesus_of_Nazareth_by_the/qLMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
George Bernard Shaw on Annie Besant, quoted in Slum Travelers: Ladies and London Poverty, 1860-1920 by Ellen Ross (2007).
Mytheli Sreenivas, Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India (2021)
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #WomensHistory #EastLondon
