I was thinking, what would think Ann Walker, that I think she didn't felt loved by many members of her own family, if she would know that 200 years later there are many many people not just remembering her, but also loving her, admiring her and feeling very proud of her courage.
Another Gentleman Jack fan pointer. The duo who wrote the wonderful theme song for the show, O'Hooley and Tidow, released another GJ song. It's called The Ballad of Ann and Anne. It's absolutely gorgeous. And, to make it even better, GJ herself, Suranne Jones sings on it. I'm in Ireland and the song is available on my Spotify account. Check it out for yourself.
Discover the ways Ann implicitly and explicitly mourned Anne Lister after her death in 1840. Read this new blog by Diane Halford
This blog seeks to show the ways in which Ann Walker explicitly and implicitly mourned her wife after her death in 1840. She would not have been able to grieve in the way we would expect a widow to do so due to the lack of acknowledgment and acceptance of the true nature of their relationship within wider society. These facts are based on primary resources found in the archives.
Anne’s Death and…
But what exactly did Anne Lister and Ann Walker look like? We know it from their passport, the one with which they travelled on their honeymoon in 1834. Unfortunately, we have no portraits of Ann Walker so far, and all we know about her comes from Anne's journals. Of Anne, there are at least those few portraits that have survived (the most famous being the posthumous one hanging in Shibden Hall) and the more 'heartfelt' description by Edward O'Ferrall in his letter. You can find more about the identikit of Anne and Ann on our website, in the article that examines the entire passport. You can also find the link to the article on Edward O'Ferrall's letter in bio.