Table of Contents
Prologue vii
Part 1 Feathers 1
1 Alice Battershall 2
2 Inspector Lakeman 8
3 97 Lever Street 15
4 Women Undercover 19
5 'Crewe Factory Girl' 23
6 The Skylark 26
Part 2 Birds 31
7 Young Etta 32
8 Young Emmeline 40
9 The Train Carriage 43
10 Of Bird-Wearing Age 47
11 The Tea Party 53
12 Emily Williamson 62
13 A Very Ambitious Title 67
14 Flight 72
15 Impracticable Dreamers 76
16 Courting the Men 82
17 Winifred, Duchess of Portland 88
18 The Crème de la Crème 97
Part 3 Hats 105
19 Dying to Get Out 106
20 The Millinery Detectives 111
21 Queen Alix 115
22 'Egret' Bennett 121
23 Deeds Not Words 128
24 The Frontal Attack 132
25 Mrs Pattinson 137
26 The Countess Fabbricotti 142
27 Royal Approval 150
28 The 'Suffragette' 156
Part 4 Votes 161
29 Onto the Street 162
30 The Antis 174
31 The Feminine Arts 186
32 The Advice of Men 195
33 Maternal Weakness 207
34 Peak Rage 219
35 The Feeding Tube 229
36 Dumb Creation 235
Part 5 Power 241
37 At War 242
38 The Ballot Box 249
39 But What Do Women Care? 256
40 Etta and Emmeline: Two Portraits 263
41 The Coup 272
Epilogue 283
Notes 290
Select Bibliography 305
Acknowledgements 310
Index 313
Picture Credits 321