![]() ![]() ( P: ©Joshua Horner (1812–1884)/Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. She was a rural gentlewoman who directed the renovation and landscaping of Shibden Hall, near Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which she had inherited from her uncle, James Lister. ![]() Called "Fred" by her lover and "Gentleman Jack" by Halifax residents, she suffered from harassment for her sexuality, and recognised her similarity to the Ladies of Llangollen, whom she visited. ![]() Lister is often called "the first modern lesbian" for her clear self-knowledge and openly lesbian lifestyle. ![]() The code, derived from a combination of algebra and Ancient Greek, was deciphered in the 1930s. Her diaries contain more than 4,000,000 words and about a sixth of them-those concerning the intimate details of her romantic and sexual relationships-were written in code. Throughout her life she kept diaries which chronicled the details of her daily life, including her lesbian relationships, her financial concerns, her industrial activities and her work improving Shibden Hall. Elisa_rolle Anne Lister (ApSeptember 22, 1840) was a well-off Yorkshire landowner, diarist, mountaineer and traveller. ![]()
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