The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal /
Jones, Marian Moser, 1969-
The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal / Marian Moser Jones. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, - xxvii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-365) and index.
Miss Barton goes to Washington -- Transatlantic transplant -- National calamities -- The misfortunes of other nations -- Cuba and controversy -- Barton vs. Boardman -- Shifting ground -- Establishment -- Fighting on two fronts -- Triage for terror -- Baptism in mud -- Scorched earth -- A new deal for disasters.
Overview: 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 expansive book narrates 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 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 as well as its international reputation.
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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912.
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946.
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912.
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946.
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946
American National Red Cross--History.
American Association of the Red Cross--History.
American National Red Cross.
American Association of the Red Cross.
American National Red Cross.
American National Red Cross.
American Association of the Red Cross.
Disaster relief--History.--United States
Humanitarian assistance, American--History.
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Red Cross--history.
Relief Work--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Disaster relief.
Humanitarian assistance, American.
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
United States.
United States.
History.
HV577 / .J66 2013
610.73/4
WA 1 / A51254 2013
The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal / Marian Moser Jones. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, - xxvii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-365) and index.
Miss Barton goes to Washington -- Transatlantic transplant -- National calamities -- The misfortunes of other nations -- Cuba and controversy -- Barton vs. Boardman -- Shifting ground -- Establishment -- Fighting on two fronts -- Triage for terror -- Baptism in mud -- Scorched earth -- A new deal for disasters.
Overview: 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 expansive book narrates 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 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 as well as its international reputation.
9781421407388 1421407388 9781421408231 1421408236
2012015754
GBB446211 bnb
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912.
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946.
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912.
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946.
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946
American National Red Cross--History.
American Association of the Red Cross--History.
American National Red Cross.
American Association of the Red Cross.
American National Red Cross.
American National Red Cross.
American Association of the Red Cross.
Disaster relief--History.--United States
Humanitarian assistance, American--History.
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Red Cross--history.
Relief Work--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Disaster relief.
Humanitarian assistance, American.
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
United States.
United States.
History.
HV577 / .J66 2013
610.73/4
WA 1 / A51254 2013