Anne Lister

Anne Lister 1791-1840 Diarist, businesswoman, landowner, traveller and lesbian who recorded much of her personal life in a secret code. She lived at Shibden Hall from 1815 to 1840

Anne Lister was a pioneering 19th-century diarist, businesswoman, and landowner who lived at Shibden Hall in Yorkshire from 1815 until her death in 1840. She is significant for documenting her life, including her relationships with women, in an encrypted diary, offering a rare insight into lesbian life and female autonomy in the early 19th century.