British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) awards posthumous membership to Emily Williamson
Conservationist Emily Williamson (1855-1936) began the bird protection campaign that triumphed with the Plumage Act of 1921, but this wasn’t before ruffling some feathers amongst male ornithologists in Victorian society. In the 1880s, when Emily began her mission to save birds from the plumage trade,