Emily Hobhouse : feminist, pacifist, traitor?
Brits, Elsabé2018
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It is perhaps understandable that Emily Hobhouse has not to date received the recognition she deserves in her own country, given that she found herself on the wrong side of the kinds of stories that national histories like to tell - opposing British internment camps during the war against the Boers in southern Africa and as a pacifist during the First World War - but it high time, in 2018, that the contribution of this remarkable woman was rediscovered. Author Elsabé Brits travelled in Emily Hobhouse's footsteps, retracing her inspirational, often astonishing story. In the home of the granddaughter of Emily's younger brother, Jennifer Hobhouse Balme, in Canada, Brits found not just Emily's draft autobiography, but also her diaries, of which she had been unaware. With these revealing new sources, Brits brings to life a colourful story of war, heroism and passion, spanning three continents.
Main title:
Emily Hobhouse : feminist, pacifist, traitor? / Elsabé Brits.
Author:
Brits, Elsabé, author
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2018.
Collation:
vi, 458 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Originally published: South Africa: Tafelberg, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472140913 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.42092305.4209B HOB
Language:
English
Subject:
Hobhouse, Emily, 1860-1926Feminists -- Great Britain -- BiographyWomen social reformers -- Great Britain -- BiographySocial reformers -- BiographyWomen pacifists -- Great Britain -- BiographyPacifists -- Great Britain -- BiographySouth African War, 1899-1902 -- Concentration campsWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Public opinionBiography
BRN:
1126017