The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal / Marian Moser Jones.

• 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.

• In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later founded and ran the American Red Cross. This book tells the story of this charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. 

Personnamn

Barton, Clara, 1821-1912.

Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946.

Institutionsnamn

American national Red Cross -- Histoire.

Röda korset -- historia

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Oh Sociala frågor och socialpolitik

Klassifikation

610.734 (DDC)

Oh (kssb/8)