[3][4] Anne Hepple Batty was born on 16 October 1877 in Widdrington, Northumberland, England.
In the 1930s, Anne moved to London to become editor of The Woman's Magazine, a monthly publication around thirty pages in length, which cost a shilling.
She answered readers’ questions in the column “Letters Grave and Gay”, and in 1933 and 1934 wrote an editorial page.
The magazine mixed fiction with practical articles on dress making, cooking, decorating, travel, and so on.
[3] Anne Hepple Dickinson died at her daughter's house in Kendal, Westmorland, England, on 10 November 1959.