Etta Lemon - by Tessa Boase (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Read the fascinating story of one of the greatest unsung figures of the nature conservation movement, founder of the RSPB and icon of early animal rights activism, Etta Lemon.</b> <p/> A heroine for our times, <b>Etta Lemon</b> <b>campaigned for fifty years against the worldwide slaughter of birds </b>for extravagantly feathered hats. Her legacy is the <b>RSPB</b>, grown from an all-female pressure group of 1889 with the splendidly simple pledge: Wear No Feathers. <p/> Etta's <b>long battle against 'murderous millinery'</b> triumphed with the Plumage Act of 1921 - but her legacy has been eclipsed by the more glamorous campaign for the vote, led by the elegantly plumed <b>Emmeline Pankhurst</b>. <p/> This gripping narrative explores<b> two formidable heroines and their rival, overlapping campaigns.</b> Moving from the feather workers' slums to high society, from the first female political rally to the rise of the eco-feminist, it restores <b>Etta Lemon</b> to her rightful place in history - the extraordinary woman who saved the birds. <p/> ETTA LEMON was originally published in hardback in 2018 under the title of MRS PANKHURST'S PURPLE FEATHER. <p/> 'A great story of pioneering conservation.' <br><b>KATE HUMBLE</b> <p/> 'Quite brilliant. Meticulous and perceptive. A triumph of a book.' <br><b>CHARLIE ELDER</b> <p/> 'Shocking and entertaining. The surprising story of the campaigning women who changed Britain." <br><b>VIRGINIA NICHOLSON</b> <p/> 'A fascinating and moving story, vividly told.' <br><b>JOHN CAREY</b> <p/> 'A fascinating clash of two causes: rights for women and rights for birds to fly free not adorn suffragettes' hats. An illuminating story, provocative, well-researched and brilliantly told.' <br><b>DIANA SOUHAMI</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'A fascinating book...packed with interesting facts. A great read for all people'--<i><b>Birdwatching Magazine</b></i><br><br>'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.' <br> --<i><b>Women's History Review</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Tessa Boase</b> read English at Oxford, and has worked as a scriptwriter, a voiceover artist and an editor at The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. As a freelance journalist she has contributed to a wide variety of publications. Her first book, The Housekeeper's Tale, was published by Aurum in 2014. </p><p>She is married with children and lives between St Leonards on Sea, and Lazio, Italy. </p>
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