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Book SynopsisEtta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds is the story of a pioneering conservationist who led the campaign against the slaughter of wild birds for extravagantly feathered hats and coaxed the world to care for birds.
Trade Review'Boase has done a superb job of linking her personalities, and painting vivid pictures of their life struggles and fighting techniques. This book is an unputdownable account of a forgotten campaign, and of a group of women who have been hidden from history for too long.'
* Women's History Review *
'A fascinating book...packed with interesting facts. A great read for all people' * Birdwatching Magazine *
Table of ContentsPrologue vii
Part 1 – Feathers 1 Alice Battershall
2 Inspector Lakeman
3 97 Lever Street
4 Women Undercover
5 ‘Crewe Factory Girl’
6 The Skylark
Part 2 – Birds 7 Young Etta
8 Young Emmeline
9 The Train Carriage
10 Of Bird-Wearing Age
11 The Tea Party
12 Emily Williamson
13 A Very Ambitious Title
14 Flight
15 Impracticable Dreamers
16 Courting the Men
17 Winifred, Duchess of Portland
18 The Crème de la Crème
Part 3 – Hats 19 Dying to Get Out
20 The Millinery Detectives
21 Queen Alix
22 ‘Egret’ Bennett
23 Deeds Not Words
24 The Frontal Attack
25 Mrs Pattinson
26 The Countess Fabbricotti
27 Royal Approval
28 The ‘Suffragette’
Part 4 – Votes 29 Onto the Street
30 The Antis
31 The Feminine Arts
32 The Advice of Men
33 Maternal Weakness
34 Peak Rage
35 The Feeding Tube
36 Dumb Creation
Part 5 – Power 37 At War
38 The Ballot Box
39 But What Do Women Care?
40 Etta and Emmeline: Two Portraits
41 The Coup
Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
Picture Credits
