![]() ![]() ![]() She had relatives in the Liberal Party and had managed to get permission to visit. In 1900, having helped to raise money to relieve distress, Hobhouse went to South Africa to have a look for herself. Deaths in the camps are estimated at over fifty thousand. Another great British invention! Hobhouse was the first to highlight how appalling they were. What the army was doing was using a scorched earth policy, destroying farms and villages and putting the residents into camps: these came to be known as concentration camps. She learnt of the policies of the government which were causing distress to the civilian population. ![]() Following a brief and unsuccessful romance she became involved in the movement for peace following the outbreak of the Boer War. Her first years were unremarkable and until she was 34 she cared for her father. During her lifetime she was often reviled in England by the press and politicians. She was certainly not someone I heard of in school and still remains little known in this country. I wonder how many people know about Emily Hobhouse. ![]()
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