female fortune land gender and authority

Since then, Anne Lister has occupied both my real and digital worlds. After Gentleman Jack (BBC1/HBO) proved such a global success this summer, I was persuaded to join Twitter.

Jill’s essay makes for a relatable read for anyone who has ever felt left behind when their subject steps into the limelight. The process of excavating historical subjects, particularly those subjects that have been for so long marginalised, can be a very personal one, and as historians we often feel a sense of ownership over the stories we have spent so long coaxing out of the archives. Her reflections remind us how emboldening it can be to feel intimately connected to a character from the past, but also some of the conflicted feelings that come when a subject takes on a life of its own. Here Jill reflects on her journey with Anne Lister – through the heady days of initial discovery, to the phenomenal global success of Gentleman Jack. Jill’s book exploring the life of the now famous Yorkshire diarist and seducer, Female Fortune: Land, Gender and Authority (1998) was chosen by Gentleman Jack writer Sally Wainwright as the book she would want with her to read if she was ever trapped on a desert island. In 1984 Jill discovered Anne Lister, and the discovery has shaped her life and career ever since. Author of One Hand Tied Behind Us (1978), The Long Road to Greenham (1979) and Rebel Girls (2006), Jill’s work has always championed women’s stories. Our list of all research projects allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.Jill Liddington is an award-winning historian and writer.

Vanishing for the Vote: suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census, Manchester University Press 2014.Īny research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below.

Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote, Virago Press 2006.

Nature’s Domain: Anne Lister and the landscape of desire, Pennine Pens 2003.

Female Fortune: land, gender and authority: Anne Lister diaries 1833-36, Rivers Oram Press, 1998, reprinted 2010, 2018.

Presenting the Past: Anne Lister of Halifax 1791-1840, Pennine Pens, 1994, new editions 2010 & 2018.

One Hand Tied Behind Us: the rise of the women’s suffrage movement (co-author), Virago Press 1978 & 1984 Rivers Oram Press 2000 French edition 2018.

Anne Lister in the 1830s is the subject of a BBC1 drama series inspired by Nature's Domain and Presenting the Past. I have published both on the Votes for Women campaigns, and also on the four-million-word diaries of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall (1791-1840).

Since 2006, I have been based in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies (CIGS).

I worked in the School of Continuing Education (originally the Extra-Mural Department) 1982-2005, where I became Reader in Gender History.

Female fortune land gender and authority