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Hello and welcome to Life of the Week from History Extra, where leading historians delve into

the lives of history's most intriguing and

significant figures.

Pacifist, humanitarian, whistleblower. From humble roots growing up in a small, Cornish village,

Emily Hobhouse went on to expose the horrors of British concentration camps during the

Second Anglo-Boe War.

I spoke to Elsie Brix, biographer and content consultant at The Story of Emily,

a museum exploring Hophouse's life and times, to uncover the story of a woman who defied the

British establishment and was branded a traitor, but saved

thousands of Boer women and children. We're going to be talking all about the life of Emily

Hobhouse, and I wonder, could you introduce us to her? Why was she so fascinating?

The Emily Hopels was a pacifist, feminist and humanitarian who played an extraordinary

role during the Anglo-Bore War.

She single-handedly saved the lives of tens of thousands of women in the British concentration

camps, and she travelled alone to a war-torn country, which is on its own

quite a feat to do. She also negotiated with the British military commanders while she was there

to effect some of the changes to alleviate the suffering during that war. And during the war, she travelled back because she realized she had to address this issue with the home government.

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