Agent of Peace by Jennifer Hobhouse Balme
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 that civilians suffered more than combatants. Throughout the war she was anxious for a negotiated peace. In Switzerland, in 1916, through the German Ambassador extraordinarily she obtained permission to visit German-occupied Belgium and Berlin. A chance meeting with the German Foreign Secretary made her realize peace talks were possible. She put forward a plan to get talks started, to which he agreed, but in England she was snubbed by the Foreign Office. She worked tirelessly for the release of civilian internees and better food for Belgium. Her Open Christmas Letter was answered in a letter by 155 prominent Pacifist and feminist German and Austrian women. Emily Hobhouse was an extraordinary woman and a key figure in the struggle for women s emancipation.
Jennifer Hobhouse Balme was born and educated in England and worked with the WRVS--a large and diverse voluntary service--in London. She lives on Vancouver Island, where her husband John breeds high-class pedigree Ayrshire cattle. They have two sons, both born in Canada.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780750961189 |
| ISBN 10 | 075096118X |
| Title | Agent of Peace |
| Author | Jennifer Hobhouse Balme |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-02-02 |
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