Attention Getter: According to The Red Cross Foundation, the American Red Cross responds to more than 70,000 disasters in America each year.
Significance: This is significant, because the Red Cross responds to house and apartment fires, spills and transportation accidents, explosions, and other natural and man-made disasters, which all help to serve people in need of physical and emotional help after a traumatic experience.
Credibility: I choose to speak about the Red Cross, because they offer relief to people at times when they own almost nothing. I have never personally experienced any of their relief services, but according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, 357 natural triggered disasters were registered in 2012. This shows that there is a great need for
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They are also trying to be proactive in preventing house and apartment fires by installing 195,000 smoke alarms and prepared 268,000 youth. Even still they helped 214,000 people after home fires.
Transition: Without Clara Barton, the disaster relief programs of the Red Cross would not exist.
Conclusion
Transition: If they did not exist, many people would be in need.
Reference to the Introduction: Hopefully, America will have less than 70,000 disasters this coming year, but I hope that everyone in this room is reassured that if something does happen, that there is an organized that is going to react quickly to help those suffering.
Review of Main Points: I hope that Clara Barton has inspired you to look around you and see the needs of others, but to also act to help meet these needs. Think about supporting the Red Cross finically or by volunteering so that they can continue supporting America’s Military Families, donating blood, offering health and safety services, working internationally with other country’s Red Cross, and offering disaster relief. Strong Final Statement: Clara Barton founded the Red Cross, what can you accomplish if you put your mind to
Lillian Wald: A Biography is the gripping and inspiring story of an American who left her mark on the history of the United States. Wald dedicated herself to bettering the lives of those around her. She was the founder of The Henry Street Settlement along with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. She worked with politics around the world and tried to bring healthcare and reform to people around the world. Using the lessons she learned in her childhood she worked closely with people from all backgrounds to fight for “universal brotherhood”. Wald was a progressive reformer, a social worker, a nurse, a teacher, and an author. Notably Lillian Wald, unlike many of the other women involved in the progressive movement such as Jane Adams, never received the same acknowledgement in the academic world.
Stevenson, Augusta, and Frank Giacoia. Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross. New York: Aladdin, 1986. Print.
Almost all Americans have learned about the iconic people in American history including George Washington, Thomas Edison, and Abraham Lincoln. Although all of them deserve their recognition, they aren’t the only ones who have changed history. Many Americans, not just a select few, changed history and created the America we know today. One in particular is Clarissa Harlowe Barton, who went by the name of Clara. At the time Clara lived, women were still considered inferior to men. Throughout her work, she faced much sexism, but she worked past it and created a legacy for herself. Also occurring during her life was the Civil War, which she was a very helpful part of. Clara’s most well known achievement is her founding of the American Red Cross. In addition to that, Clara also established the nation’s first free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey, worked as a field nurse during the Civil War, and supported the movement for women’s suffrage. Barton has received little recognition for her efforts, but the work she did is still being continued today at the American Red Cross where they give relief to the victims 70,000 every year. By understanding her life and the work she did, people are able to realize the impact she had on the world, for it far exceeds that of which she is recognized with.
This article provided a brief biography of Clara Barton, to include, her experiences on the battlefield as a nurse during the Civil War and a brief outline of her accomplishments after the war.
Hamen, Susan E. Clara Barton: Civil War Hero & American Red Cross Founder. Edina, MN: ABDO Pub., 2010. Print.
Federal intervention in the aftermath of natural disasters began after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. This 8.3 magnitude earthquake killed 478, and left over 250,000 homeless. While the disaster itself was obviously unavoidable, the subsequent fires that burned throughout the city were a result of poor planning. (1, 17) In an effort to consolidate existing programs, and to improve the nation’s level of preparedness, President Carter created FEMA in 1979. Initially, FEMA was praised for improving communication between various levels of government, and multiple agencies during a crisis. (1,19)
Clara Barton made a very great impact on the war. Clara Barton, who originally was a recording clerk, jumped into action when federal troops came into her city. The troops were injured, hungry, and hardly clothed. Barton cared for the Union soldiers by bringing them food, clothes, and supplies for the sick. Besides helping supply the soldier’s needs, Barton also provided emotional support for the men. She was able to help the men keep up their spirits and hope. Ways she comforted them was reading, praying for them, listening to their problems, and writing letters for their loved ones. Barton was able to develop a volunteer group and gather supplies for the future when soldiers were in need. Barton not only wanted to help the soldiers in her town, but the soldiers on the battlefield. She approached the leaders in the government and asked for permission to supply the army with medical service and support. Permission to help Union soldiers on the battlefield was granted to her. Later after the battle of Cedar Mountain, Barton arrived. She arrived at the battlefield with a wagon full of supplies for the soldiers. The surgeons helping the soldiers were surprised and declared “she was an angel sent to them”.
Barton, William E. The Life of Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross. Vol. 1. New York: AMS Press, 1969.
was made to help people in different difficult situations. Barton’s group also began helping people from disasters. She was the president from the association until 1904.
..., an organization that provides emergency assistance and disaster relief inside the United States, and becomes its first president. At the age of 77, she worked at hospitals in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Finally, April 12, 1912 she died at the age of 90 in Glen Echo, Maryland. Clara Barton was a humanitarian, feminist, and nurse whose efforts in the Civil War and throughout her life saved countless lives. (Yancey, Diane)
Clara Lemlich is a Russian immigrant girl who fights for equal rights, her own education, and for her parents to believe in her. Clara changes extremely from the beginning to the end of the story. She is timid in the beginning when she is living back in Russia, then becomes shocked when she moves to New York City, then is triumphant as she becomes more independent when she stands up for herself. If Clara didn’t fight for women’s rights, would our country be the same as it is
Each year the RMHC of Chicagoland awards $4,000 per year, that is renewable scholarships to extraordinary area high school seniors who are committed to community service and academic excellence.
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross.
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
Main Point: and what our community could look like if we all did our part.