DIANE ATKINSON lives in Shoreditch, London. She was born in the North-East and educated in Cornwall and London, where she completed a Ph.D. on the politics of women's sweated labour. She taught history at secondary schools in London before moving to the Museum of London, where she worked as a lecturer and curator, specialising in women's history. Her website is: http://www.dianeatkinson.co.uk/ In association with the Museum of London: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/
