Watch Emily Hobhouse: The Englishwoman (1985) : Full Movie Online Free This documentary offers a brief look into the extraordinary life of Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) – a British welfare campaigner – whom singlehandedly took on the British establishment during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) over its treatment of Boer woman and children in British concentration camps.