Jennifer Hobhouse Balme: 2 books
Agent of Peace
Emily Hobhouse and Her Courageous Attempt to End the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
The work of Emily Hobhouse, pacifist, in Britain and Europe during World War I, and her efforts to get peace talks startedIn the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 Emily Hobhouse championed the cause of the women and children herded into camps by Kitchener's army. By 1914, a confirmed pacifist, she felt passionately...
Living the Love
Emily Hobhouse post-war (1918-1926)
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
In 1918 Emily Hobhouse was 58 and a partial invalid. She could have retired to her beloved Cornwall to write her memoirs but the plight of the children of Europe, half starved by war restrictions, called her to new works. Helped by the Save the Children Fund and people of the South Africa, her main scheme...