Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds

by Tessa Boase

Book Overview

'A great story of pioneering conservation.' Kate Humble

A heroine for our times, Etta Lemon campaigned for fifty years against the worldwide slaughter of birds for extravagantly feathered hats. Her legacy is the RSPB, grown from an all-female pressure group of 1889 with the splendidly simple pledge: Wear No Feathers.

Etta's long battle against 'murderous millinery' triumphed with the Plumage Act of 1921 - but her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711263388
• ISBN13: 9780711263383
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"