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Ep. 10: Woman to Woman

By: Stephen Fry
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Despite the fact she died barely four years into Victoria’s reign, Anne Lister is known today as ‘The First Modern Lesbian'. In this episode we meet Anne and investigate the story that Queen Victoria herself found out about the secret practices of female same sex desire and was so outraged she demanded that the practice be made unlawful.

One of the most well-kept Victorian Secrets, we’ll examine why while there was public and punitive legislation against male with male sex, lesbianism escaped attention.

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Interesting stories told in a informal and engaging way. The background music can sometimes be a bit intrusive, but on the whole not really a problem.

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