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Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society

General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

10 Reformers Debating In 1917

A popular item in our Ernest Bell Library – the book – Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war.  By Louise “Lizzy” Lind-af-Hageby – 1917 Lizzy was a member of the original Humanitarian League. She worked closely with Henry S. Salt, Ernest Bell, Jessey Wade & the other active members. Our collection of Lizzy’s books, journals, photographs, medals & pins is rarely ‘put away’ – it…

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Animal Rights/ General

“Light in Dark Places: Anti-Vivisection from the Victorian Era to Modern Day”

In this post I really wanted to ‘expand’ the famous 1913 photo – just having names underneath was not enough for me – these were incredible personalities & they have been almost forgotten – some don’t even have their own Wikipedia pages yet. Bob Ingersoll & his team / family members greatly influenced Henry S. Salt & Ernest Bell & ………..so many others. Lizzy Lind af-Hageby was quite remarkable. The…

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