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Margaretta "Etta" Louisa Lemon MBE (née Smith; 22 Nov 1860–8 July 1953) was a British bird conservationist and a founder of the RSPB. She was born into an evangelical family in Kent, and after her father's death she became a campaigner against the use of bird plumage in hatmaking. She co-founded the Fur, Fin and Feather Folk in 1889, which two years later merged with Emily Williamson's Society for the Protection of Birds (SPB) in 1891 under the latter name. Lawyer Frank Lemon wrote its constitution and became its legal adviser. He married Etta in 1892, and she was the first honorary secretary of the SPB until it became the RSPB in 1904. The Lemons led the RSPB for 35 years, although Etta's management style led to clashes with its committee, and she was ousted in 1938. Her management of a local war hospital during WWI earned her an MBE in 1920. She worked for many other organisations, including the Anti-Suffrage League, and she was one of the first female honorary members of the BOU.(Full article...)