In response to the letters from Germany, Emily Hobhouse organised the writing and signing of a peace-promoting letter from British women: the Open Christmas Letter [REF].
Others among the 101 signers were Margaret Ashton, Margaret Bondfield,[REF] Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Maude Royden, Helena Swanwick, and a wide range of women united by the wish for "undiminished sisterly relations"[REF] and a swift end to hostilities [REF].