caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize relatives birth_date period spouse image article_title name occupation
portrait d. downey , 1890 of eliza lynn linton , by w. & 14 july 1898 westminster , london eliza lynn keswick , cumbria , england 250px james -lrb- mother -rrb- lynn -lrb- father -rrb- , charlotte alicia lynn 10 february 1822 victorian william james linton eliza lynn linton by downey.png eliza lynn linton
 eliza lynn linton novelist ,
eliza lynn linton

eliza lynn linton -lrb- 10 february 1822 -- 14 july 1898 -rrb- was the first female salaried journalist in britain , and the author of over 20 novels .
despite her path breaking role as an independent woman , many of her essays took a strong anti-feminist slant .
