Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jill Liddington (born in Manchester, 1946) is a British writer and academic who specialises in women's history. She joined the Department of External Studies at Leeds University in 1982 and became a Reader in Gender History, School of Continuing Education, until her transfer to CIGS, where she is currently Honorary Research Fellow. Liddington stood as a Labour Party candidate in the Sowerby Bridge ward in the Calderdale Council election, 2004 - largely to prevent more BNP councillors being elected.