A Memory of Solferino
A Memory of Solferino, by Henry Dunant.
I guess the first thing to say is that Dunant is the man responsible for the Red Cross.
Yeah.
Second, this is quite moving, keeping mostly to Dunant's experience on the ground, tending to god-knows-how-many wounded after the Battle of Solferino.
Third, volunteer societies weren't his idea alone (check some of the footnotes in the latter half).
Fourth, sexist. But that's to be expected. Women glorified as "guardian angels" throughout -- their selfless devotion and all that. Towards the end, in the section where he suggests the society(ies) that become(s) the Red Cross, Dunant praises Florence Nightingale, et al, on one page, and then says that the local town girls of Solferino could offer little relief to soldiers -- you needed experienced, capable, firm men for that.
Fifth, worth reading.
I guess the first thing to say is that Dunant is the man responsible for the Red Cross.
Yeah.
Second, this is quite moving, keeping mostly to Dunant's experience on the ground, tending to god-knows-how-many wounded after the Battle of Solferino.
Third, volunteer societies weren't his idea alone (check some of the footnotes in the latter half).
Fourth, sexist. But that's to be expected. Women glorified as "guardian angels" throughout -- their selfless devotion and all that. Towards the end, in the section where he suggests the society(ies) that become(s) the Red Cross, Dunant praises Florence Nightingale, et al, on one page, and then says that the local town girls of Solferino could offer little relief to soldiers -- you needed experienced, capable, firm men for that.
Fifth, worth reading.
