Author: American National Red CrossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Annual Report of the American National Red Cross
Author: American National Red CrossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The American Red Cross
Author: Marian Moser JonesPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 1421408236
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
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.
Annual Report
Author: American National Red CrossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red Cross and Red Crescent
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The report for 1910 contains a report on "San Francisco relief," with a bibliography: List of books [etc.] relating to the San Francisco earthquake, fire, and relief work of 1906, prepared by the San Francisco public library.
Nurses and Disasters
Author: Arlene Wynbeek KeelingPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826126723
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Print+CourseSmart
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America
Author: Boy Scouts of AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Swimming and Water Safety
Author: Canadian Red Cross SocietyPublisher: St. Louis, Mo. ; Toronto : Mosby Lifeline
ISBN: 9780815114987
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Discusses the history and techniques of swimming and diving, safety rescue techniques, and skills for a variety of aquatic activities.
Annual Report
Author: Illinois. Department of Registration and EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Author: