New Year’s Honours: Helena Whitbread
Looking for information on Helena Whitbread’s biography of Anne Lister, I found notices that she had been honored with an MBE in King Charles’ New Year’s Honours List!
The Halifax Courier’s headlines read, “New Year’s Honours: Historian who uncovered ‘Gentleman Jack’ Diaries.”
Helena Whitbread’s own biography gives researchers like me reasons to hope, and to keep on working towards our goals. Indeed, the article calls her (and two others) “inspiring”. She receives the MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire – for service to History and Literature.
The 2023 “New Year’s Honours” was the first “Honours List” of King Charles’ reign.
January 2023 also saw Helena awarded an honorary degree (D.Litt.) from the University of Sheffield.
Congratulations, Helena! Well deserved, after all your hard work.
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