Emily Williamson

Emily Williamson (; 17 April 1855 – 12 January 1936), was an English philanthropist. She was founder of the Society for the Protection of Birds. which was granted 'Royal' status in 1904. In 1891 she also established the Gentlewomen's Employment Association in Manchester. Explicit exceptions included birds killed for food and the ostrich, because the harvesting of its tail feathers was not painful. covers the personalities of those involved in the early days of the (R)SPB.

Work in Education and Employment In 1891, she had founded the Gentlewomen's Employment Association in Manchester, and she also initiated two influential programmes from within this group: the Princess Christian Training College for Nurses and, in 1898, the Loan Training Fund, which helped to subsidise the costs of further education for young women. Although it is believed that records of these organisations no longer exist, the Loan Training Fund was said to have been the first of its kind in the country.

Posthumous recognition

The home in which she lived in Didsbury and from which she established her organisation, bears a plaque, which was placed in 1989, to honour her work on the centenary of her organisation. A statue of Williamson is due to be unveiled near her former home in Didsbury's Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden.