Minna B. Hall

Plaque commemorating the foundation of the Audubon Society

Minna B. Hall (1860 – 24 July 1951) was an American socialite and environmentalist. Her most notable achievements include the co-founding of the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the ratification of the Weeks-McLean Act by the US Congress.[1] Together with her cousin, Harriet Lawrence Hemenway, Hall organized ladies' teas at which she urged women to stop wearing hats with feathers.[2] Hall's boycott of the fashion of wearing plumes ultimately changed the future of the American feather trade, and her activism remains a key event in the history of ornithological conservation.[2][3]

Minna lived on 156, Ivy Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, for over 90 years. The pond by her house has been preserved as a wildlife sanctuary.[4][5]

  1. ^ "How Two Women Ended the Deadly Feather Trade". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "The Feather Trade - Wildlife Journal Junior". New Hampshire PBS. 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  3. ^ Weeks, Linton (July 15, 2015). "Hats Off To Women Who Saved The Birds". NPR.org. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hall's Pond and Amory Woods". The Friends of Hall's Pond. January 18, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Brookline Conservation Commission, Friends of Hall's Pond (1996). "A Plan for Hall's Pond Sanctuary" (PDF). Friends of Hall's Pond.