What does the controversy about York’s commemorative plaque to Anne Lister suggest about the historical recovery of queer women’s identities? Anna Clark explores.
Tag: Anne Lister
Radical Books: ‘I Know my Own Heart: The Diary of Anne Lister’, ed. Helena Whitbread (Virago, 1988)
Anne Lister’s diaries, detailing her love affairs with women, weren’t published until 1988, centuries after her death. In the latest post for the new Radical Books series, Laura Gowing examines how ‘I Know My Own Heart’ transformed the recovery of lesbian histories.
