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Emily Williamson, an activist, feminist and bird lover

Emily Williamson, an activist, feminist and bird lover Publié le 04/03/2021 I only recently learnt about a rather forgotten female campaigner Emily Williamson, an activist, feminist and bird lover, as there is a campaign to erect a statue of her in order to recognise her life time s achievements. When I lived in Manchester I very often enjoyed walking around the park and garden she created in Didsbury, Manchester but in fact not realising that Emily, the founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds created them and her house is still standing. The year was 1889 Emily was 34 years old, she was so horrified by the fashion for feathered hats that she launched a campaign to stop the feather trade. Female friends were invited to tea at her house in Didsbury, she asked them to sign a petition pledging to wear no feathers. The Society for the Protection of Birds was born, all of its members were women. Emily had seen the Great Crested Grebe hunted to extinction for the plu

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