https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/hbos-grand-gentleman-jack-gives-a-19th-century-lesbian-landowner-the-respect-she-deserved/2019/04/21/d81c5df0-621f-11e9-9412-daf3d2e67c6d_story.html I just set the cable to record an 8-episode HBO/BBC series that sounds pretty cool -- "Gentleman Jack," It was the nickname of a real 18th-century Yorkshire "landowner" (they mean having money and clout) named Anne Lister. a fierce lesbian.
Seems she kept an encrypted diary that has only recently been cracked.
I'll let you know when I've checked it out.