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Ann Walker (20 May 1803 – 25 February 1854) was an Englishwoman, married in Britain's first known lesbian wedding, to diarist and fellow Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister.
Apr 19, 2019 · On February 10, 1835, two women from West Yorkshire, England, tucked into a plum pudding to celebrate the first anniversary of their secret marriage. Around one year earlier, Anne Lister and Ann...
- Brigit Katz
- Anne Lister used her love of books as a compatibility test. “I love and only love the fairer sex, and thus beloved by them in turn, my heart revolts from any love but theirs,” Lister wrote in her diary in 1820.
- Traditionally “feminine” clothing just wasn’t Lister’s style. Lister's era was one full of whalebone corsets and restrictive petticoats, yet her personal style emphasized function over form.
- She ran her family's estate for more than a decade. Growing up, Lister would frequently visit Shibden Hall, the brick-and-timber mansion that was the home of her aunt and uncle, who had no children of his own.
- As an anatomy student, Lister once dissected a human head. On one of her extended trips to Paris, Lister was often seen attending scientific lectures, where she deepened her knowledge of everything from zoology to mineralogy.
Apr 22, 2019 · Ann Walker was a wealthy heiress who lived with Anne Lister, a queer scholar and businesswoman, at Shibden Hall. They exchanged vows in 1834 and are considered the first lesbian couple in Britain, though their marriage was not officially recognized.
Anne Lister was a 19th Century businesswoman, politician and mountaineer who loved women and recorded her affairs in code. She defied social conventions and challenges, leaving behind a rich legacy of diaries and letters that reveal her passions and struggles.
Anne Lister (3 April 1791 – 22 September 1840) was an English diarist, famous for revelations for which she was dubbed "the first modern lesbian ." Lister was from a minor landowning family at Shibden in Calderdale, West Riding of Yorkshire, and had several lesbian love affairs from her schooldays onwards, often on long trips abroad.
Jun 28, 2013 · Anne Lister (1791–1840) was a wealthy, independent woman who wrote about her love affairs with other women in a secret code. She inherited Shibden Hall, a Tudor-style home in West Yorkshire, England, and took her vows with Ann Walker in York.
