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White Feather Campaign
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The White Feather Campaign was a prominent enlistment campaign and shaming ritual in Britain during the First World War, in which women gave white feathers to non-enlisting men, symbolising cowardice
"The White Feather: A Sketch of English Recruiting" (Arnold Bennett, 1914)
"The White Feather: A Sketch of English Recruiting" (Arnold Bennett, 1914)
Women of Britain Say 'Go!' poster issued in 1915 by the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Women of Britain Say 'Go!' poster issued in 1915 by the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
British activist Emmeline Pankhurst famously toured the country, making recruiting speeches, with her supporters handing out white feathers to every y
British activist Emmeline Pankhurst famously toured the country, making recruiting speeches, with her supporters handing out white feathers to every young man they encountered wearing civilian dress, and bobbed up at Hyde Park meetings with placards 'Intern Them All.'
WWI recruitment poster referring to the German bombardment of Scarborough, invoking the female casualties in the war in order to coax men into enlisti
WWI recruitment poster referring to the German bombardment of Scarborough, invoking the female casualties in the war in order to coax men into enlisting
Baroness Orczy
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Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, usually known as Baroness Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels fe
White Feather Campaign
…grants, as well as political endorsement. The campaign, noted for the participation of many suffragettes and early feminists in its leadership, such as Baroness Orczy, Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, is also interpreted as one of the reasons behind the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918…
Orczy in 1920
Orczy in 1920
H.M. Brock's cover of Baroness Orczy's The Old Man in the Corner (popular edition, Greening & Co., London, 1910).
H.M. Brock's cover of Baroness Orczy's The Old Man in the Corner (popular edition, Greening & Co., London, 1910).
The Laughing Cavalier was serialised in Adventure in 1914
The Laughing Cavalier was serialised in Adventure in 1914