The American Red Cross

In this paper I will be discussion the Red Cross in world war 1 what they are and what they do and who started it The American Red Cross was found by Clara Barton was a pioneering nurse She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home she founded it in Washington D.C on May 21,1881 she lead the red cross for 23 years prior to the war the Red Cross introduced the first aid, water safety, and public health nursing program when the war occurred the Red Cross had to expand because there was not enough of them and they needed more. The Red Cross had many diffrent jobs they had to do here are most of them Home Service (1917), the Red Cross provided aid to the families of service personnel. This included providing communication between troops and their families, financial aid, and information and guidance regarding such things as government assistance programs and military regulations. Nursing Service (1909), the Nursing Service greatly expanded with the coming of hostilities. Its principal task became to provide trained nurses for the U.S. Army and Navy. The Service enrolled 23,822 Red Cross nurses during the war. Of these, 19,931 were assigned to active duty …show more content…
In terms of the war effort, its functions fell into four categories those four are Service to the American Armed Forces, Service to Allied military forces particularly the French, Limited service to American and Allied prisoners of war, Service to civilian victims of war with an emphasis on the children of