The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries
Annie Besant - An Unlikely Rebel
TV-PG
S1 • E23 Oct 23, 2007 26mAnnie Besant was strong-willed woman in an authoritarian era. Journeying from vicar's wife to spiritual leader, Besant lived courageously and passionately. She brought attention to the working conditions of the poor, she spoke out on such radical issues as women's rights, birth control, Indian nationalism and the brotherhood of man. The common thread was her compulsion to end the world's suffering and to seek spiritual enlightenment.
