National Secular Society

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Cultural formation	Annie Besant	In the course of her life, AB explored many facets of religion and politics. Early in her life she entertained a passionate Christian devotion and was inspired by the idea of sacrifice, even martyrdom. She...
Cultural formation	Zoë Fairbairns	She is an English feminist who has allowed little information about her family origins to be known. In a lecture given in Spain she said she came from a middle-class background, and in a lecture...
Occupation	Annie Besant	Under Charles Bradlaugh 's influence, AB began lecturing and writing for the National Secular Society . Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 71-3
politics	Annie Besant	Increasingly occupied with Theosophy, AB resigned from the Fabian Society , having resigned from the National Secular Society in February 1890. Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 255-6
Textual Production	Brigid Brophy	BB entered the current political debate about pornography and censorship in a pamphlet entitled The Longford Threat to Freedom, published for the National Secular Society . British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons, 1874–1987. 1973 Brown, Susan Windisch, editor. Contemporary Novelists. 6th ed., St James Press, 1996. 155 British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

The National Reformer was launched; it later became the official publication of the National Secular Society , founded in 1866.

Royle, Edward. Radical Politics, 1790-1900: Religion and Unbelief. Longman, 1971.

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The National Reformer, the official journal of the National Secular Society since 1866, ceased publication.

Royle, Edward. Radical Politics, 1790-1900: Religion and Unbelief. Longman, 1971.

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Brophy, Brigid. The Longford Threat to Freedom. National Secular Society, 1972.