The Compassionate Memsahibs
The Compassionate Memsahibs

Author: Mary Ann Lind

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1988-04-27

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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The Compassionate Memsahibs refutes the traditional view--perpetuated in the works of writers like Rudyard Kipling--of the memsahibs as a homogeneous group of aloof, pampered women who had little interest in India. Here Mary Ann Lind presents information about the lives of fifteen memsahibs--all of which is previously unpublished--who voluntarily participated in reform and welfare activities in India during the first half of this century. Their activities and experiences placed them outside the more expected lifestyle of the memsahib and offer contemporary social historians a new window through which to view the Raj.

The Englishwoman in Italy
The Englishwoman in Italy

Author: G. Mrs. Gretton

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13:

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As one can surmise from the title, this book is an account of the author's experiences living in Italy. The writer, Mrs. G. Gretton, recounted her experiences in Italy for ten years, starting from her first arrival upon the invitation of her uncle, an English merchant at Ancona, the principal seaport of the Roman States on the Adriatic.

The Compassionate Englishwoman
The Compassionate Englishwoman

Author: Robert Eales

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781775822141

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"In 1890s London, the upper class Emily Hobhouse hears that women and children caught in the Boer War are having a difficult time. Concerned, she goes to South Africa ... to investigate and assist. ... [W]hat she finds is disturbing. The British Army is clearing the land and herding hundreds of thousands of people into concentration camps where the conditions are putting their lives at risk. She urges the local authorities to provide better care and support - to no avail. Deeply concerned, she returns to Britain to plead that immediate action be taken. ... She is received with studied indifference by the government and is attacked in the press. Eventually her work saves many lives, but not before tens of thousands have died. ... Though she focussed on a humanitarian cause, her heroic mission could unwittingly have brought down the British government, and her story was smothered. In this book her courageous and inspirational work is once again brought to life."--Back cover.