Tag #Forgotten History

What specific actions did Emily Hobhouse take to expose the conditions in the British concentration camps, and what were the immediate consequences?

Emily Hobhouse, a British pacifist and activist, exposed horrific conditions in British concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), detailing her findings in a 40-page report that was discussed in Parliament. Despite her report's confirmation by a later official commission, she was dismissed as a hysterical woman and traitor, subsequently fading from historical accounts.