![]() ![]() In addition to her diaries, Anne also left behind fourteen volumes of travel notes. Anne was an avid walker and climber and undertook the first ascents of Mount Perdu in the Pyrenees in 1830 and Mount Vignemale in France in 1838. ![]() She decided to only wear black, spent a great deal of time studying, managed her own estates and sought business opportunities, travelled widely and even climbed mountains. Anne not only did not wish to marry, but she also did not want to conform. It is also clear that Anne was different from society’s expectations of a woman at the time. Anne was only interested in women and had ‘marriage’ ceremonies with Mariana Lawton and later Ann Walker, who would eventually move in with her at Shibden Hall. The diaries give a great insight into Anne’s life as a landowner, business woman, intrepid traveller, mountaineer and lesbian. In 1836 when her Aunt and Father died Anne fully inherited Shibden Hall and Estate.Īnne wrote a detailed diary of her daily life and left behind twenty-six volumes of 7,722 pages, of an estimated five million words. In 1815 Anne moved in permanently with her Aunt and Uncle, and when her Uncle James died in 1826 Anne started to manage the estate. ![]() She made frequent visits to her Aunt Anne and Uncle James who lived at Shibden Hall. An introduction to Anne Lister (1791-1840)Īnne Lister was born on the 3rd April 1791 and was brought up in Skelfler House, Market Weighton. ![]()
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