Diane Atkinson
British historian and writer
Diane Atkinson is a British historian who writes about women in history, especially the suffragettes. She also lectures on the subject.
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British Born in North East England, United Kingdom
About Diane Atkinson
Diane Atkinson is a British historian and writer whose subjects include women in history and the suffragettes. Her book Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes tells of the lives of women who campaigned for the vote, and it was published around the centenary of votes for women in the United Kingdom. She lectures regularly on the suffragettes and was a consultant on the 2015 film Suffragette. She has also worked with many documentary makers. She has written other titles too, among them Suffragettes in Pictures, Funny Girls and Elsie and Mairi Go to War.