Is 'having a feather in one's cap' necessarily a good thing?
This lecture shines a light on the intriguing story of women’s love affair with
plumage – and of the brave eco feminists who fought back on behalf of the birds.
Moving from a polite Victorian tea party to an egret hunt in a Florida swamp;
from a suffragette ‘monster rally’ to a milliner’s dusty workshop, you’ll be taken
back in time to a world where every woman, of every class wore a hat.
Followed by The Annual General Meeting. Tea will be served after the AGM.
How to book this event:
Please contact Helen Moors on 01270 624406 / 07812 129 075 or email guests@tastarporley.uk
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Ms Tessa Boase
Tessa Boase is a freelance journalist, author, lecturer and campaigner with an interest in uncovering the stories of invisible women from the 19th and early 20th-centuries – revealing how they drove industry, propped up society and influenced politics.
She’s the author of three books of social history: The Housekeeper’s Tale: The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House (2014); Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds (first published as Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather in 2018), and London’s Lost Department Stores: A Vanished World of Dazzle and Dreams (2022).
Since uncovering the feminist origins of the RSPB, Tessa has been campaigning for public recognition of its female founders with plaques, portraits and a statue.
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