Annie Besant was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, educationist, and activist involved in women's rights, Home Rule, and Indian nationalism. She supported Irish and Indian self-rule. She became the first female president of the Indian National Congress in 1917.
- Occupation
- essayist, writer, orator, journalist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
- Born
- October 1, 1847, 1847
- Died
- September 20, 1933, 1933
