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#OnThisDay, 24 Jan 1901, British aid-worker and campaigner Emily Hobhouse first visits Bloemfontein concentration camp in South Africa. Her report on the conditions Boers are being held in by the British government causes uproar.
Over 26,000 people died in the camps. Hobhouse's ashes are interred in the National Women's Monument at the site of one of the camps.
#WomenInHistory #BritishHistory #History #Histodons
If searching to learn more, be aware you may find images of dead children.
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