Biography abt British EmilyHobhouse from BoerWar & WW1 pacifist feminist humanitarian written by journalist @elsabebrits herstory history
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#EmilyHobhouse Available soon in paperback/soft cover: #EmilyHobhouse : Rebel Englishwoman - The Remarkable Life of Emily Hobhouse #HERstory #feminism #warheroine #pacifist #WW1 #AngloBoerWar #biography
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This flight took off from Hong Kong in 2025 and will land in Los Angeles back in 2024 🤯🤯
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Emily Hobhouse's work in South Africa continued after the second Anglo-Boer War was over, and her work as a humanitarian and peace activist continued during and after World War I. loom.ly/qON3XPM
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Emily Hobhouse was a pacifist and humanitarian all her life. Part one covers her work exposing terrible conditions at the concentration camps that Britain established in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War. loom.ly/bSH0UiQ
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On this day in 1860 #EmilyHobhouse was born. Pacifist, Feminist and Humanitarian, who fought for the rights of women and children during two wars.
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Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a skeleton of a man who lived just decades before Pompeii was destroyed. It's so well-preserved that it still has hair. cnn.it/3y5DnOK
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#COVID19 UPDATE: A total of 61 876 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 13 777 new cases, which represents a 22.3% positivity rate. A further 458 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 73 873 to date. Read more: nicd.ac.za/latest-confirmed-…
On this day in 1860 #EmilyHobhouse was born. Pacifist, Feminist and Humanitarian, who fought for the rights of women and children during two wars.
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A beautiful aerial picture of the Museum and the Women's Memorial.
Our thanks to Mr. Jan Louw for the photo.
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A digital model has been made of a human skull recovered in 1907 from tomb KV 55 in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Genetic analysis suggests that the man may have been Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten, who reigned from 1353 to 1335 B.C.
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Today a 120 years ago #EmilyHobhouse arrived in Cape Town to start her aid campaign for women & children during the Anglo Boer War.
One this day #EmilyHobhouse was born in 1860. #Pacifist #Feminist #Humanitarian who fought injustice in the #BoerWar and #WW1. Champion of women and children. Whistle-blower and activist. "For what really matters is character. History clearly teaches this."
The National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The first monument dedicated to #women and #children who suffered in a #war #AnlgoBoerWar The ashes of #EmilyHobhouse was interred here on the 27th of October 1926
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#OTD in 1867, suffragist Ruth Cavendish Bentinck was born. In 1930, she donated over 1,000 books to the Women's Service Library (The Women’s Library) and continued to donate books and pamphlets until her death in 1953. Browse many of these books here:
digital.library.lse.ac.uk/br…
Today at 22:00 a 120 years ago on the 11th of October 1899 was the beginning of the #AngloBoerWar a tragic event in the #history of #SouthAfrica Some 50 000 black and white women and children died in the concentration camps of this war. I remember them today. #remembrance
The bridal veil of #EmilyHobhouse she never wore it. It is in the Anglo Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein. A precious artefact. @ABWMuseum
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