Diane Atkinson
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Diane Atkinson is an historian
and author who lives in Shoreditch, London.
She has written many books about the Suffragettes, and about Victorian women, most recently Elsie and Mairi Go To War. 'In this fascinating book, Diane Atkinson does a lot more than simply remind us of a story that deserves to be more widely known', wrote Kathryn Hughes: 'She also given us a ripping yarn about two plucky English gels who performed miracles while also having the time of their lives.' She narrated the stage presentation Elsie and Mairi Go To War at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival
.
Atkinson's book Love and Dirt about the marriage of Arthur Munby
and Hannah Cullwick was also very widely reviewed and Atkinson contributed to Upstairs Downstairs Love a Channel Four drama documentary based upon it screened on June 16, 2008.
Atkinson was a curator at the Museum of London
and prepared their Suffragette exhibition in 1992.
She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia
. She married the artist Patrick Hughes
in 1986.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and author who lives in Shoreditch, London.
She has written many books about the Suffragettes, and about Victorian women, most recently Elsie and Mairi Go To War. 'In this fascinating book, Diane Atkinson does a lot more than simply remind us of a story that deserves to be more widely known', wrote Kathryn Hughes: 'She also given us a ripping yarn about two plucky English gels who performed miracles while also having the time of their lives.' She narrated the stage presentation Elsie and Mairi Go To War at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
.
Atkinson's book Love and Dirt about the marriage of Arthur Munby
Arthur Munby
Arthur Joseph Munby was a Victorian British diarist, poet, barrister and solicitor. He is also known by his initials, A. J. Munby.-Biography:...
and Hannah Cullwick was also very widely reviewed and Atkinson contributed to Upstairs Downstairs Love a Channel Four drama documentary based upon it screened on June 16, 2008.
Atkinson was a curator at the Museum of London
Museum of London
The Museum of London documents the history of London from the Prehistoric to the present day. The museum is located close to the Barbican Centre, as part of the striking Barbican complex of buildings created in the 1960s and 70s as an innovative approach to re-development within a bomb damaged...
and prepared their Suffragette exhibition in 1992.
She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
. She married the artist Patrick Hughes
Patrick Hughes (artist)
Patrick Hughes is a British artist working in London. He is the creator of "reverspective", an optical illusion on a 3-dimensional surface where the parts of the picture which seem farthest away are actually physically the nearest....
in 1986.
Publications
- Elsie and Mairi go to War (2009)
- Love and Dirt (2004)
- Funny Girls: Cartooning for Equality,(Penguin, 1997) a book of cartoons about the Suffragette movement
- The Suffragettes in Pictures (1996)
- The Purple, White and Green: Suffragettes in London (Museum of London, 1992)
- Votes for Women (1998).