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Name 2 women social workers of 19h or 20th century?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Mother Teresa
The Nobel Peace Prize 1979
Missionaries' Leader in Calcutta, India; Social Activist for the Poor in Calcutta, India; b. 1910 (in Skopje, then Turkey) d. 1997

Clara Barton
She founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton (1821-1912) dominates the early history of the American Red Cross, which was modeled after the International Red Cross. She did not originate the Red Cross idea, but she was the first person to establish a lasting Red Cross Society in America. She successfully organized the American Association of the Red Cross in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 1881. Created to serve America in peace and in war, during times of disaster and national calamity, Barton's organization took its service beyond that of the International Red Cross Movement by adding disaster relief to battlefield assistance. She served as the organization's volunteer president until 1904.
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