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Remembering Hannah Poland, the Jewish teen who spread her wings and paved the way for the RSPB

The bird-loved youngster stopped our feathered friends from ending up in milliners’ studios

By Michele Goldsmith

6 min read

In fine feather: (left to right) owl heads were used as decoration in hats; the Plumage Society crest; Hannah Poland's will in which she leaves her personal effects to the RSPB; portrait of a late 19th century woman in a feather hat of the day; Poland's grave at Willesden Jewish Cemetery

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