White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

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Two women giving out white feathers appear at a fund raising concert hosted by the Crawleys to support the war effort. The feathers were handed to able bodied males not in uniform, specifically William and Branson as an indication of cowardice. Robert has them thrown out. In August 1914, at the start of the First World War, Admiral Charles Fitzgerald founded the Order of the White Feather with support from the prominent author Mrs Humphrey Ward. The organization aimed to shame men into enlisting

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki

White feather girls, Downton Abbey Wiki