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

<p><b>‘Makes the case for Annie Besant as a truly eminent Victorian, as brilliant and fearless as she was beautiful’ <i>The Times</i></b><br>_________<br><br><b>London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence.</b><br><br>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.<br><br><i>A Dirty, Filthy Book</i> 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.</p>