Tessa Boase has written three books of social history: The Housekeeper’s Tale (2014); Etta Lemon (first published as Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather in 2018), both by Aurum, and London’s Lost Department Stores (2022). She is a journalist, lecturer and broadcaster, appearing on ‘Secrets of the National Trust’ with Alan Titchmarsh, ‘Tony Robinson’s History of Britain’, and ‘Jay Blades’ Country House Through Time’. She lives with her family on the Sussex coast. www.tessaboase.com

'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.'

• Prologue viiPart 1 – Feathers 1 Alice Battershall2 Inspector Lakeman3 97 Lever Street4 Women Undercover5 ‘Crewe Factory Girl’6 The SkylarkPart 2 – Birds7 Young Etta8 Young Emmeline9 The Train Carriage10 Of Bird-Wearing Age11 The Tea Party12 Emily Williamson13 A Very Ambitious Title14 Flight15 Impracticable Dreamers16 Courting the Men17 Winifred, Duchess of Portland18 The Crème de la CrèmePart 3 – Hats19 Dying to Get Out20 The Millinery Detectives21 Queen Alix22 ‘Egret’ Bennett23 Deeds Not Words24 The Frontal Attack25 Mrs Pattinson26 The Countess Fabbricotti27 Royal Approval28 The ‘Suffragette’Part 4 – Votes29 Onto the Street30 The Antis31 The Feminine Arts32 The Advice of Men33 Maternal Weakness34 Peak Rage35 The Feeding Tube36 Dumb CreationPart 5 – Power37 At War38 The Ballot Box39 But What Do Women Care?40 Etta and Emmeline: Two Portraits41 The CoupEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgementsIndexPicture Credits

Tessa Boase has written three books of social history: The Housekeeper’s Tale (2014); Etta Lemon (first published as Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather in 2018), both by Aurum, and London’s Lost Department Stores (2022). She is a journalist, lecturer and broadcaster, appearing on ‘Secrets of the National Trust’ with Alan Titchmarsh, ‘Tony Robinson’s History of Britain’, and ‘Jay Blades’ Country House Through Time’. She lives with her family on the Sussex coast. www.tessaboase.com

'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.'

• Prologue viiPart 1 – Feathers 1 Alice Battershall2 Inspector Lakeman3 97 Lever Street4 Women Undercover5 ‘Crewe Factory Girl’6 The SkylarkPart 2 – Birds7 Young Etta8 Young Emmeline9 The Train Carriage10 Of Bird-Wearing Age11 The Tea Party12 Emily Williamson13 A Very Ambitious Title14 Flight15 Impracticable Dreamers16 Courting the Men17 Winifred, Duchess of Portland18 The Crème de la CrèmePart 3 – Hats19 Dying to Get Out20 The Millinery Detectives21 Queen Alix22 ‘Egret’ Bennett23 Deeds Not Words24 The Frontal Attack25 Mrs Pattinson26 The Countess Fabbricotti27 Royal Approval28 The ‘Suffragette’Part 4 – Votes29 Onto the Street30 The Antis31 The Feminine Arts32 The Advice of Men33 Maternal Weakness34 Peak Rage35 The Feeding Tube36 Dumb CreationPart 5 – Power37 At War38 The Ballot Box39 But What Do Women Care?40 Etta and Emmeline: Two Portraits41 The CoupEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgementsIndexPicture Credits

Tessa Boase has written three books of social history: The Housekeeper’s Tale (2014); Etta Lemon (first published as Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather in 2018), both by Aurum, and London’s Lost Department Stores (2022). She is a journalist, lecturer and broadcaster, appearing on ‘Secrets of the National Trust’ with Alan Titchmarsh, ‘Tony Robinson’s History of Britain’, and ‘Jay Blades’ Country House Through Time’. She lives with her family on the Sussex coast. www.tessaboase.com

'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.'

• Prologue viiPart 1 – Feathers 1 Alice Battershall2 Inspector Lakeman3 97 Lever Street4 Women Undercover5 ‘Crewe Factory Girl’6 The SkylarkPart 2 – Birds7 Young Etta8 Young Emmeline9 The Train Carriage10 Of Bird-Wearing Age11 The Tea Party12 Emily Williamson13 A Very Ambitious Title14 Flight15 Impracticable Dreamers16 Courting the Men17 Winifred, Duchess of Portland18 The Crème de la CrèmePart 3 – Hats19 Dying to Get Out20 The Millinery Detectives21 Queen Alix22 ‘Egret’ Bennett23 Deeds Not Words24 The Frontal Attack25 Mrs Pattinson26 The Countess Fabbricotti27 Royal Approval28 The ‘Suffragette’Part 4 – Votes29 Onto the Street30 The Antis31 The Feminine Arts32 The Advice of Men33 Maternal Weakness34 Peak Rage35 The Feeding Tube36 Dumb CreationPart 5 – Power37 At War38 The Ballot Box39 But What Do Women Care?40 Etta and Emmeline: Two Portraits41 The CoupEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgementsIndexPicture Credits