Emily Hobhouse
/Overview
Emily Hobhouse born St. Ives, Cornwall, England April 9, 1860 (d. 1926). Leading opponent of Boer War; exposed British concentration camps in S. Africa; opposed World War I.
Quotations
On Gandhi's satyagraha: "I should not be surprised if one of these days you have to go to the gallows for the sake of truth. May God show you the right path and protect you."(Gandhi, Satyagraha in South Africa)
"[P]oor women who were being driven from pillar to post needed protection and organized assistance. And from that moment I was determined to go to South Africa in order to render assistance to them." (late 1900, Spartacus Educational bio.: photo sahistory.org.za)