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Michael Meyer reveals how an 1877 court case revolving around birth control \u2013 and the fearless woman at the heart of it \u2013 scandalised the nation <\/p>

By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 18 March 2024 at 07:05 AM<\/p>

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In 1877, Annie Besant took the stand. She was on trial for selling an \u201cobscene publication\u201d \u2013 a pamphlet designed to educate the masses on birth control. Author Michael Meyer tells Ellie Cawthorne about how this sensational legal case lit a fire under Victorian society, and why the woman at the centre of it decided to represent herself in the courtroom.<\/p>\n\n

Michael Meyer is the author of A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman\u2019s Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century<\/em> (WH Allen, 2024)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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