Anne Lister was the second child and eldest daughter of Captain Jeremy Lister (1753–1836) who, as a … See more

During her life, Lister wrote a five-million-word diary. It began in 1806 as scraps of paper, recording in secret code parcels sent to and from Eliza Raine, and eventually became the 26 quarto volumes, ending at h… See more

Work by Dorothy Thompson and Patricia Hughes in the late 1980s at Birmingham University's Department of Modern History resulted in translation of much of the code, as well as discovery of the first juvenile Lister diarie… See more

The first episode of the 1994 BBC Two series A Skirt Through History, titled "A Marriage", features Julia Ford as Anne Lister, and Sophie Thursfield as Marianna Belcombe.
On 31 May … See more

In 2018, a blue plaque was unveiled at Holy Trinity Church in York to honour Lister. With a rainbow edging, it was York's first LGBTQ history plaque (or rainbow plaque).
The plaque originally read: "Anne Lister 1791–1840 … See more