A Woman's Story
Timewatch · Season 7 · Episode 8
One hundred years after the matchgirls strike, this dramatised documentary looks at the life of Annie Besant, strike leader, pioneering 19th-century social reformer, and campaigner for the use of contraception who towards the end of her life turned towards theosophy.
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Season
7
Episode
8
Air Date
05/Oct/1988
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
50 min
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One hundred years after the matchgirls strike, this dramatised documentary looks at the life of Annie Besant, strike leader, pioneering 19th-century social reformer, and campaigner for the use of contraception who towards the end of her life turned towards theosophy.
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