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Meet Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton, founder of the American Red Cross and one of the most honored women in American history.
On May 21, 1881, Clara founded the American Red Cross, and by 1882, the U.S. ratified the Geneva Conventions laws that, to this day, protect the war-wounded and civilians in conflict zones. This later resulted in a U.S. congressional charter, officially recognizing Red Cross services.
Clara Barton served as Red Cross president for 23 years, retiring in 1904. After a lifetime of service, Clara died at her home in Glen Echo, Maryland, on April 12, 1912.
To this day Clara's legacy lives on, reflected in the spirit of Red Cross volunteers and employees. Because of one woman, Clara Barton, the American Red Cross brings help and hope across the nation and around the world.
#WHM #womenshistorymonth #JWFF #womeninmedicine
14Meet Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, who was the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society.
She was the first Black woman to be named associate dean of a nationally recognized medical institution-New York Medical College-in 1967. Dr. Wright was the highest-ranking Black woman at a U.S. medical school at the time.
Additionally, Dr. Wright was the first woman president of the New York Cancer Society, and a founding member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which aimed to educate doctors and provide research grants. She was the only woman and the only African American on the board.
A trailblazer in the medical field, Dr. Wright's work and life is worth celebrating.
#JWFF #WHM #womeninmedicine #womenshistorymonth
14This March, we are celebrating Women in Medicine.
Meet Susan King Taylor, known as the first African-American nurse during the American Civil War.
Born into slavery in the Deep South, she served the Union Army in various capacities: officially as a "laundress" but in reality a nurse, caretaker, educator, and friend to the First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (later the 33rd U.S.
Colored Troops Infantry Regiment). In 1902, she published these experiences in Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, a Civil War memoir told from the singular perspective of an African American woman.
Taylor likely dressed hundreds of wounds and encountered numerous diseases. Cholera, diarrhea, malaria, measles, pneumonia, and typhoid were common in camps. But she never contracted these diseases, nor did she ever stop working for fear of getting sick.
In a 1902 letter republished in Reminiscences (p. xiti), Colonel Trowbridge apologized for the "technicality" of Taylor's identification as only a laundress, rather than a nurse. Such a "technicality" led to her never receiving pay or a pension.
Yet, Taylor's significant contributions to the war are undeniable. It is for these reasons that Taylor is now more commonly recognized as the first African American Army nurse, and not as a laundress.
#WHM #womenshistorymonth #JWFF #womeninmedicine
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March is Women's History Month, I This March, we are celebrating Women in Medicine.
Meet Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton, founder of the American Red Cross and one of the most honored women in American history.
On May 21, 1881, Clara founded the American Red Cross, and by 1882, the U.S. ratified the Geneva Conventions laws that, to this day, protect the war-wounded and civilians in conflict zones. This later resulted in a U.S. congressional charter, officially recognizing Red Cross services.
Clara Barton served as Red Cross president for 23 years, retiring in 1904. After a lifetime of service, Clara died at her home in Glen Echo, Maryland, on April 12, 1912.
To this day Clara's legacy lives on, reflected in the spirit of Red Cross volunteers and employees. Because of one woman, Clara Barton, the American Red Cross brings help and hope across the nation and around the world.
#WHM #womenshistorymonth #JWFF #womeninmedicine
2 years ago
March is Women's History Month* I This March, we are celebrating Women in Medicine.
Meet Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, who was the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society.
She was the first Black woman to be named associate dean of a nationally recognized medical institution-New York Medical College-in 1967. Dr. Wright was the highest-ranking Black woman at a U.S. medical school at the time.
Additionally, Dr. Wright was the first woman president of the New York Cancer Society, and a founding member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which aimed to educate doctors and provide research grants. She was the only woman and the only African American on the board.
A trailblazer in the medical field, Dr. Wright's work and life is worth celebrating.
#JWFF #WHM #womeninmedicine #womenshistorymonth
2 years ago
theblackdollarmedia and others jwfamilyfoundation March is Women's History Month|
This March, we are celebrating Women in Medicine.
Meet Susan King Taylor, known as the first African-American nurse during the American Civil War.
Born into slavery in the Deep South, she served the Union Army in various capacities: officially as a "laundress" but in reality a nurse, caretaker, educator, and friend to the First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (later the 33rd U.S.
Colored Troops Infantry Regiment). In 1902, she published these experiences in Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, a Civil War memoir told from the singular perspective of an African American woman.
Taylor likely dressed hundreds of wounds and encountered numerous diseases. Cholera, diarrhea, malaria, measles, pneumonia, and typhoid were common in camps. But she never contracted these diseases, nor did she ever stop working for fear of getting sick.
In a 1902 letter republished in Reminiscences (p. xiti), Colonel Trowbridge apologized for the "technicality" of Taylor's identification as only a laundress, rather than a nurse. Such a "technicality" led to her never receiving pay or a pension.
Yet, Taylor's significant contributions to the war are undeniable. It is for these reasons that Taylor is now more commonly recognized as the first African American Army nurse, and not as a laundress.
#WHM #womenshistorymonth #JWFF #womeninmedicine
2 years ago