Description: Jill Liddington is a writer and historian. Her main research interest lies with women's history ~ most especially the Votes for Women story. She's always been fascinated by discovering the history of forgotten suffragists and suffragettes, wherever they lived. Indeed, 'Votes for Women - everywhere!'
1918 (47) anne lister (6) votes for women (6) 1911 census (2) presenting the past (1) natures domain (1) female fortunem rebel girls (1)
Who was Anne Lister?
Ever since her death in 1840, Anne Lister of Shibden Hall has exerted a magnetic attraction. The newest portrayal is Sally Wainwright’s TV drama series on Anne Lister in the 1830s (BBC1/HBO, 2019 & 2022). The series, Gentleman Jack , was inspired by my books Female Fortune (1998) and Nature's Domain (2003).
The most powerful magnet remains her daily diaries. These run to approximately five million words, much of it written in her own secret code. Anne Lister’s code was not cracked until fifty years after her death.