Author: Clara Barton
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Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Die Geschichte des Roten Kreuzes der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und seine Einsätze im Ausland während der Zeit von 1880 - 1900.
Author: Julia F. Irwin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199990085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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In Making the World Safe, historian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency. Equally important, Irwin shows that the story of the Red Cross is simultaneously a story of how Americans first began to see foreign aid as a key element in their relations with the world. As the American Century dawned, more and more Americans saw the need to engage in world affairs and to make the world a safer place--not by military action but through humanitarian aid. It was a time perfectly suited for the rise of the ARC. Irwin shows how the early and vigorous support of William H. Taft--who was honorary president of the ARC even as he served as President of the United States--gave the Red Cross invaluable connections with the federal government, eventually making it the official agency to administer aid both at home and abroad. Irwin describes how, during World War I, the ARC grew at an explosive rate and extended its relief work for European civilians into a humanitarian undertaking of massive proportions, an effort that was also a major propaganda coup. Irwin also shows how in the interwar years, the ARC's mission meshed well with presidential diplomatic styles, and how, with the coming of World War II, the ARC once again grew exponentially, becoming a powerful part of government efforts to bring aid to war-torn parts of the world. The belief in the value of foreign aid remains a central pillar of U.S. foreign relations. Making the World Safe reveals how this belief took hold in America and the role of the American Red Cross in promoting it.
Author: Marian Moser Jones
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 1421408236
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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The iconic relief organization’s activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: “Well-researched . . . fascinating.” —Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of Medicine In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva conventions, and founded and ran the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal tells the story of the charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, natural disasters, and the Depression, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Marian Moser Jones illustrates the tension between the organization’s founding principles of humanity and neutrality and the political, economic, and moral pressures that sometimes caused it to favor one group at the expense of another. This book tells the stories of: • U.S. natural disasters such as the Jacksonville yellow fever epidemic of 1888, the Sea Islands hurricane of 1893, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake • crises abroad, including the 1892 Russian famine and the Armenian massacres of 1895–96 • efforts to help civilians affected by the civil war in Cuba • power struggles within the American Red Cross leadership and subsequent alliances with the American government • the organization’s expansion during World War I • race riots and massacres in East St. Louis, Chicago, and Tulsa between 1917 and 1921 • help for African American and white Southerners after the Mississippi flood of 1927 • relief projects during the Dust Bowl and after the New Deal An epilogue relates the history of the American Red Cross since the beginning of World War II and illuminates the organization’s current practices and international reputation.
Author: Henry Pomeroy Davison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Author: Clara Barton
Publisher:
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Category : Voluntary health agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Author: Robin Geiß
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107171350
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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An analysis of the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in international norm creation and the progressive development of international humanitarian law.
Author: Susan E. Hamen
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781604539608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.
Author: American Red Cross
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 9780316736466
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The first moments after an injury occurs are the most critical. This authoritative guidebook, based on course materials used by Red Cross chapters across the United States, shows you how to handle every type of first aid emergency.
Author: Dorothy Brenner Francis
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780761326212
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Chronicles the life of Clara Barton, from her early days as a teacher to her work with the Bureau of Records and her establishment of the American Red Cross.
Author: George Korson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022889033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book is a gripping account of the American Red Cross's crucial role in World War II, told from the perspective of one of its key officers. George Korson paints a vivid picture of the challenges and triumphs that faced the organization as it worked tirelessly to provide aid and support to millions of people caught up in one of the darkest periods of human history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
