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On October 29, 1863, delegates adopted 10 resolutions that were aimed to help injured soldiers (Greenspan, 2013). This created the International Red Cross. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross (ARC) in 1881. The International Red Cross inspired Clara while she was on a trip in Europe. She brought the model of the International Red Cross back to the United States and led an organization through its first relief missions. They assisted the United States in the Spanish-American War in 1898. The ARC is a part of over 175 national societies in aiding victims through disasters. The ARC consists of about half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees. It is also made up of more than 700 local chapters across the country, which received funding from the National Red Cross. It received its first congressional charter in 1900 and its second in 1905 (American Red Cross, 2013). The ARC has won more Nobel Peace Prizes than any other organization (Greenspan, 2013).
The ARC has been an integral part of the United States and has helped this country in its darkest hours. It was part of World War I and II and helping the wounded on the field of battle as well as the healing at home. Many members of the military owe their lives to the Red Cross. For example, in World War II, the ARC signed up more than 100,000 nurses for military duty and delivered 27 million packages to our troops and to prisoners of war.
The mission of the Red Cross, according to their website, is comprised of five service areas. The first mission area is disaster relief in the United States. They respond to thousands of disasters in the U.S. every year. They are mentioned in the local papers almost every week when they respond to natural disasters ...
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Board of Governors. American red cross governance for the 21st century. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4240145_BOGGovernanceReport.pdf
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Janis, Irving L. (1972) Victims of groupthink: A psychological study of foreign-policy decisions and fiascoes. Oxford, England: Houghton Mifflin. p 277
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Stevenson, Augusta, and Frank Giacoia. Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross. New York: Aladdin, 1986. Print.
In 1880 the American Red Cross was established, Barton served as the organisations first president until 1904 but still continuing as a volunteer in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The American Red Cross, with Barton at its head, was largely devoted to disaster relief for the first 20 years of its existence.
The American Red Cross is always present at different situations, as a medium of communication and humanitarian services; they give comfort to soldiers and their families. The symbol of the Red Cross is a worldwide known. The Red Cross ...
The American Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that has made its mission to help people worldwide and help make our world a better place. The American Red Cross has supported the military families of America, provided Disaster Relief, Health and Safety Training and Services, Blood Drives, and other endless services since 1881. Clara Barton and a few close associates founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881.
Clara Barton is a symbol of compassion, kindness and selflessness. Because of these qualities, she created the Red Cross, which has helped countless people throughout history. She was not only a humanitarian, but a nurse and a feminist. However, Clara’s life was not only devoted to aiding sick and injured soldiers through the Red Cross. Before this healthcare organization was even created, Clara worked hard at teaching. She also had a job at the U.S. Patent Office. When the Civil War began, Clara started to follow her interest in becoming a nurse and she devoted her caring nature to helping others.
She begins locating missing prisoners of war. Then the Franco-Prussian War breaks down on July 15. Barton helps the International Red Cross relief efforts. Clara was determined to establish the Red Cross Association. Even though some members accused her of stealing and mismanaging the Red Cross funds. Barton didn’t believe them and moved on from there. In 1873, Clara returns to the United States in October determined to convince the United States to sign the Geneva Convention. The American Red Cross Association meets for the first time on May 21, 1881. During the Michigan forest fire the American Red Cross offers help for the first time. In St.Petersburg, Russia Clara attended the Seventh International Red Cross conference during the summer of 1902. On May 14, 1904 Barton turns in her resignation as a president of the American Red Cross.
Coming up on May 21, it will mark the 136th year since Clara Barton started the American Red Cross (Benson 66). Besides bringing a little-known organization to America and making it thrive here to help people, she did many other things. Clara Barton had a full and rewarding life, as a child she learned skills that helped all throughout her life, did her part to contribute in the Civil War, started a school, and fought for women’s rights, as well as brought the Red Cross Back to America.
Janis, I. L. (1972). Victims of Groupthink: a Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascoes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-14002-1.
During the Pearl Harbor attack and the Korean War, groupthink made its presence known in what Irving Janis listed (in her list of eight easy identifying symptoms of groupthink that lead to incompetent – and sometimes disastrous- decisions) as a “shared illusions of unanimity of opinion” (277). False intelligence played no role in the decision making process, in fact both administrations were presented with plenty of accurate intelligence but failed to interpret it and act accordingly. Their failure to interpret and act on the intelligence led to thousands meeting their death on that December 7th
Barton, William E. The Life of Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross. Vol. 1. New York: AMS Press, 1969.
Did you know that every 2 seconds someone in the United States needs blood? Where does that blood come from? The American Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization. It assists with disaster relief and provides emergency services to those in need. The American Red Cross has been around for aver 100 years and has come a long way in the process.
Clara Barton was the president of the red cross organization in 1904. Barton has dedicated herself to this organization. She nursed soldiers that had been wounded from the battle. According to barton she feels “ I may be compelled to face danger, But never fear it and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them ”. She was the president of red cross and no one was going to stop her from helping her people. Clara Barton was important to american history because she created the Red Cross Aid.
So the Red Cross helps with natural disasters but is that all? No, it is not, the Red Cross will help anything that involves human suffering such as food shortages. One example are the southern countries in Africa such as Angola, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Malawi
In the years of the Vietnam War, we can find a good example of what groupthink can do to a force as powerful as the United States. President Johnson drug the troops to such fate and struggle thinking that the United States would determine the course of events in Vietnam. The U.S. declared war to Vietnam under the excuse of defending their ally, South Vietnam, and to prevent further aggression. The Congress agreed and voted in favor of military action against North Vietnam because “the overall effect was to demonstrate before the world the unity of the American people in resisting Communist aggression” (Bacevich, 2014).
First Aid is the initial care for an illness or injury. First Aid is usually performed in emergency situations by a non-professional person. First Aid can be performed on animals although it is generally meant for the care of humans. Going back to the beginning of the practice of First Aid, it was first practiced by the religious knights in the Eleventh Century. Care was provided to the Pilgrims and Knights as well as training on how to care for common battle wounds. Aid came to a halt during the High Middle Ages and organizations were not seen again until 1859. A few years later, a few nations met in Geneva and formed what we know to be the Red Cross. The main purpose of the Red Cross was to give Aid to the sick and wounded soldiers during battle. In 1878, the formation of St. John Ambulance was put into effect. The ambulance was generally for aid to people in emergencies. Large railway centers, mining districts and police forces were the first to pair with ambulances. Also in 1878 the concept of teaching First Aid to civilians was announced. Surgeon-Major Peter Shepherd and Dr. Coleman performed the first First Aid class with a curriculum that they had formed. First Aid training began to grow in the UK with high risk activities.