On this day, 18 August 1812, food riots broke out in Leeds and Sheffield, England, primarily led by women. In Leeds the local paper described the group of women and boys who were seizing corn and wheat, and assaulting sellers, as being “dignified with the title of Lady Ludd”. In Sheffield flour dealers were forced to reduce their prices to 3 shillings per stone.
Pictured: illustration of another food riot around that time https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1190487171136431/?type=3