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	[[File: Washington_Post.png\|left\|260px\|thumb\|Lecture announcement, 1903]]		[[File: Washington_Post.png\|left\|260px\|thumb\|Lecture announcement, 1903]]
			She travelled one more time around the world in 1901, giving talks. One of these talks was advertised for women only and the invited guests included '''Susan B. Anthony'''. She also became an inventor and when she was 50 years old, she registered a cycle wear pattern she had designed; a three-piece interconnected costume.<ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. Pp.191 – 193.</ref>

	<br> ~~She travelled one more time around~~ the ~~world~~ in ~~1901, giving talks. One of these talks was advertised for women only~~ and the ~~invited guests included '''Susan B~~. ~~Anthony'''.~~ She ~~also became an inventor~~ and ~~when she~~ was ~~50 years old, she registered a cycle wear pattern she had designed; a three-piece interconnected costume~~.<ref> ~~Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian~~ Women ~~Inventors~~ and ~~Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear~~. ~~Goldsmiths~~, ~~University London. 2020. Pp.191 – 193~~.</ref~~></br~~>		<br>Henrietta Müller lived the last years in China and the USA. She lectured on "True and False Democracy" in Washington D.C. in 1903 which was reported in <i>The Washington Post</i>. <ref>Meeting of Press Women:
			Miss Henrietta Müller Lectured on “True and False Democracy. ''The Washington Post'', April 19, 1903.</ref>

	<br> Henrietta Müller lived the last years in China and the USA. She lectured on "True and False Democracy" in Washington D.C. in 1903 which was reported in <i>The Washington Post</i>. <ref>Meeting of Press Women:		<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva.<ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. ''Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear''. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193.</ref>
	~~Miss Henrietta Müller Lectured on “True and False Democracy. ''The Washington Post'', April 19, 1903.</ref></br>~~

	<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva.<ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. ''Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear''. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193.</ref~~></br~~>

	<br>As both a writer and a speaker, Henrietta Müller delivered a pointed critique of masculine domination alongside a typically Victorian sexual essentialism. She also connected her feminist politics with spiritual ideals and edited books about Eastern religion. <ref>Cambridge University Press, Orlando. ''Women’s Writings in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the present''. Henrietta Müller, Overview Page. http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=mullhe. Accessed on 7/20/21'</ref>		<br>As both a writer and a speaker, Henrietta Müller delivered a pointed critique of masculine domination alongside a typically Victorian sexual essentialism. She also connected her feminist politics with spiritual ideals and edited books about Eastern religion. <ref>Cambridge University Press, Orlando. ''Women’s Writings in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the present''. Henrietta Müller, Overview Page. http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=mullhe. Accessed on 7/20/21'</ref>
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	<blockquote>I really cannot say how I came to feel as I do on the subject of the emancipation of women. I think it must have been born in me. During my girlhood I saw and felt a good deal of masculine tyranny. . . I made the deliberate choice to devote myself, body, soul, and spirit, to what was then the unpopular cause of women’s emancipation. I have never swerved a single instant from that position.<ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 188</ref>		<blockquote>I really cannot say how I came to feel as I do on the subject of the emancipation of women. I think it must have been born in me. During my girlhood I saw and felt a good deal of masculine tyranny. . . I made the deliberate choice to devote myself, body, soul, and spirit, to what was then the unpopular cause of women’s emancipation. I have never swerved a single instant from that position.<ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 188</ref>
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	<br>There are grounds for thinking that she may well have been a person of strongly and even aggressively held opinions. She attracted this kind of personal judgement most of her life. She was also known for personal celibacy and ascetic inclinations. <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. ''The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement''. </i>Oxford University Press, 2000, p 198-199.</ref> As a feminist, Müller's writings reveal a characteristic mixture of Victorian sexual essentialism and hard-hitting analysis of male power. This approach brought Müller up against fierce opposition: she was even accused of being a "man-hater." Her campaigns, ideas, and subsequent withdrawal into spirituality have many parallels among later feminists, and her disappearance from historical record is typical for a woman whose life contained hard lessons for the men and women of her own and later generations.<ref> Auchmuty, Rosemary. Müller, (Frances) Henrietta. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'. https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56279 - Subscription required. </ref~~></br~~>		<br>There are grounds for thinking that she may well have been a person of strongly and even aggressively held opinions. She attracted this kind of personal judgement most of her life. She was also known for personal celibacy and ascetic inclinations. <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. ''The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement''. </i>Oxford University Press, 2000, p 198-199.</ref> As a feminist, Müller's writings reveal a characteristic mixture of Victorian sexual essentialism and hard-hitting analysis of male power. This approach brought Müller up against fierce opposition: she was even accused of being a "man-hater." Her campaigns, ideas, and subsequent withdrawal into spirituality have many parallels among later feminists, and her disappearance from historical record is typical for a woman whose life contained hard lessons for the men and women of her own and later generations.<ref> Auchmuty, Rosemary. Müller, (Frances) Henrietta. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'. https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56279 - Subscription required. </ref>

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	<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193</ref></br>		<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193</ref></br>

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	<br>As both a writer and a speaker, Henrietta Müller delivered a pointed critique of masculine domination alongside a typically Victorian sexual essentialism. She also connected her feminist politics with spiritual ideals and edited books about Eastern religion. <ref>Cambridge University Press, Orlando. Women’s Writings in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the present. Henrietta Müller, Overview Page. http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=mullhe. Accessed on 7/20/21</ref>		<br>As both a writer and a speaker, Henrietta Müller delivered a pointed critique of masculine domination alongside a typically Victorian sexual essentialism. She also connected her feminist politics with spiritual ideals and edited books about Eastern religion. <ref>Cambridge University Press, Orlando. Women’s Writings in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the present. Henrietta Müller, Overview Page. http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=mullhe. Accessed on 7/20/21</ref>

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	<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193</ref></br>		<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193</ref></br>








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	<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193</ref></br>		<br>She died of pneumonia on 4 January 1906 at her home in Washington D.C. She was 59 years old. She had also kept a London address in Westminster. Her sizable estate was left to her sister Eva. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. P 193</ref></br>








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	<br>Henrietta continued the nomadic life she was born into by travelling extensively as an adult, visiting nearly every country in Europe, as well as being a frequent visitor to India and America and regularly gave lectures about her travels and women’s rights. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. Pp.188 – 191</ref></br>		<br>Henrietta continued the nomadic life she was born into by travelling extensively as an adult, visiting nearly every country in Europe, as well as being a frequent visitor to India and America and regularly gave lectures about her travels and women’s rights. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. Pp.188 – 191</ref></br>



	==Theosophy==		==Theosophy==

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	<br> She travelled one more time around the world in 1901, giving talks. One of these talks was advertised for women only and the invited guests included Susan B. Anthony. She also became an inventor and when she was 50 years old, she registered a cycle wear pattern she had designed; a three-piece interconnected costume. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. Pp.191 – 193</ref></br>		<br> She travelled one more time around the world in 1901, giving talks. One of these talks was advertised for women only and the invited guests included Susan B. Anthony. She also became an inventor and when she was 50 years old, she registered a cycle wear pattern she had designed; a three-piece interconnected costume. <ref> Jungnickel, Kat. Bikes and Bloomers. Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear. Goldsmiths, University London. 2020. Pp.191 – 193</ref></br>


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	<br> Henrietta Müller lived the last years in China and the USA. She lectured on “True and False Democracy” in Washington D.C. in 1903 which was reported in <i>The Washington Post</i>. <ref>Meeting of Press Women:		<br> Henrietta Müller lived the last years in China and the USA. She lectured on “True and False Democracy” in Washington D.C. in 1903 which was reported in <i>The Washington Post</i>. <ref>Meeting of Press Women:

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	<br>Henrietta Mueller met Swami Vivekananda at the Parliament, and in 1895 invited him to London, where he stayed with E. T. Sturdy. According to one source, the adopted son might have been the actual sender of the invitation, since he was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement.</i>Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 188 and 190 </ref></br>		<br>Henrietta Mueller met Swami Vivekananda at the Parliament, and in 1895 invited him to London, where he stayed with E. T. Sturdy. According to one source, the adopted son might have been the actual sender of the invitation, since he was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement.</i>Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 188 and 190 </ref></br>

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	<br>Touring Ceylon and India in November 1893, this time with Besant, Müller's lectures drew crowds of Indian women, mostly in purdah, who had come to see 'the renowned woman-suffragist'. <ref> Nethercot, A.H. Last Four Lives of Annie Besant. 1963, page 17</ref>. For the first time, the Indian section of the Theosophical Society allowed Indian women to attend its convention, where Müller was also present. Many articles on Indian women appeared in the Women's Penny Paper before it ceased publication in 1893. <ref> Auchmuty, Rosemary. Müller, (Frances) Henrietta. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56279 - Subscription required. </ref></br>		<br>Touring Ceylon and India in November 1893, this time with Besant, Müller's lectures drew crowds of Indian women, mostly in purdah, who had come to see 'the renowned woman-suffragist'. <ref> Nethercot, A.H. Last Four Lives of Annie Besant. 1963, page 17</ref>. For the first time, the Indian section of the Theosophical Society allowed Indian women to attend its convention, where Müller was also present. Many articles on Indian women appeared in the Women's Penny Paper before it ceased publication in 1893. <ref> Auchmuty, Rosemary. Müller, (Frances) Henrietta. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56279 - Subscription required. </ref></br>


	<br>In 1894, and thus barely a year before she parted from the Theosophical Society, Henrietta Müller edited a Theosophical publication entitled <i>The Yoga of Christ or the Science of the Soul</i>. The work is structured as an exchange of letters designed to present Jesus Christ as the fulfilment of the teachings of other ‘yogis.’ <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement. </i>Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 186</ref></br>		<br>In 1894, and thus barely a year before she parted from the Theosophical Society, Henrietta Müller edited a Theosophical publication entitled <i>The Yoga of Christ or the Science of the Soul</i>. The work is structured as an exchange of letters designed to present Jesus Christ as the fulfilment of the teachings of other ‘yogis.’ <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement. </i>Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 186</ref></br>

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	<br>Throughout the 1880s Müller's heart was in the ‘woman's movement’. Around 1890, however, she 'gradually withdrew from civic efforts' and embarked upon a spiritual quest. She joined the Theosophical Society sometime between 1887 and 1891, <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement. </i>Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 184</ref> drawn by its ideas of universal brotherhood and complementary male and female aspects to the spirit. <ref> Auchmuty, Rosemary. Müller, (Frances) Henrietta. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56279 - Subscription required. </ref></br>		<br>Throughout the 1880s Müller's heart was in the ‘woman's movement’. Around 1890, however, she 'gradually withdrew from civic efforts' and embarked upon a spiritual quest. She joined the Theosophical Society sometime between 1887 and 1891, <ref>Beckerlegge, Gwilym. <i>The Ramakrishna Mission. The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement. </i>Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 184</ref> drawn by its ideas of universal brotherhood and complementary male and female aspects to the spirit. <ref> Auchmuty, Rosemary. Müller, (Frances) Henrietta. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://www-oxforddnb-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56279 - Subscription required. </ref></br>

			<br> She attended the Theosophical Convention in Adyar in December 1891 and some delegates suggested she visit a few branches in India and a lecturing tour was organized. She wrote about her first “tour” in India in the [[Theosophist]] and stated how pleased she was to get better acquainted with Indian people and how friendly they were. <ref> Müller, Henrietta. A Lady’s Lecturing Tour in Southern India. The Theosophist. Vol. 13, no. 06. http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v13_n06_march_1892.pdf


	<br> She attended the Theosophical Convention in Adyar in December 1891 and some delegates suggested she visit a few branches in India and a lecturing tour ~~with the assistance of Mr. [[Keightly]]~~ was organized. She wrote about her first “tour” in India in the [[Theosophist]] and stated how pleased she was to get better acquainted with Indian people and how friendly they were. <ref> Müller, Henrietta. A Lady’s Lecturing Tour in Southern India. The Theosophist. Vol. 13, no. 06. http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/theosophist/theosophist_v13_n06_march_1892.pdf
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