If it weren't for the work of Helena Whitbread and Jill Liddington, no one today would have heard of Anne Lister, an extraordinary woman who kept a diary at her home in Shibden Hall, Halifax, in the first half of the nineteenth century. Today, thanks to Helena Whitbread's years of transcribing and decoding in the… Continue reading Who was the real #AnneLister? A fascinating talk by experts @HelenaWhitbread and @JillLiddington
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