"For 85 years, the names of three of English literature's best-known writers, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, were featured in Poets' Corner, but they were missing the accent mark. This week, the error was fixed when six diereses were added above the E of the famous last name. It's a small but sizable victory for three sisters who could not publish under their own names nearly 200 years ago."
"Those three women fought harder than most to have their voices heard, to have their work understood on its own merits, and it endures, said Sharon Wright, who discovered the mistake while visiting Westminster Abbey. We can at least get their names right."
"Three of our greatest writers, and their names are spelled incorrectly, Ms. Wright said at the abbey on Friday. You can't make it up. This was a significant oversight in honoring their legacy, and the correction represents acknowledgment of their contributions to literature and the struggles they endured."
"Wright, a stroppy Yorkshire woman like the literary sisters, was researching her upcoming book The Brontes in Bricks and Mortar when she visited the plaque and saw the discrepancy, showing the importance of names and recognition in literary history."
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