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Peace Corps, Peace Corps
Peace Corps, Peace Corps, Wikimedia Commons, 2016
The Peace Corps is a volunteer service program overseen by the United States government. Following the success of some smaller programs, like…
Tags: Environment, Government, Medicine, Peace, Volunteerism
Florence Nightingale Medal, Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, Unknown
The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…
Tags: Award, International, Medicine, Nursing, Women
Florence Nightingale Medal, Ray Cameron
Ray Cameron, Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross, 1912, 1920
The Florence Nightingale Medal is a bi-annual award given out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It is the highest international…
Tags: Award, International, Medicine, Nursing, Women
Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) Pioneer in Blood Plasma Storage, Charles Henry Alston 1907-1977
Charles Henry Alston 1907-1977, Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) Pioneer in Blood Plasma Storage, National Archives, 1943
Here we have what rarely happens in history, a life which crowds into a handful of years significance so great, men will never forget it. By Dr.…
Tags: American Red Cross, Blood, Blood Plasma, Charles Richard Drew, Medicine, World War II
Henry Phipps, Member Carnegie Steel Company, Unknown
Unknown, Henry Phipps, Member Carnegie Steel Company, Unknown, 1913
Henry Phipps, Jr. was a member of the original Carnegie Steel Company, and so found himself very wealthy and very able to help others. He bought huge…
Tags: Henry Phipps, Housing, Medicine, Philanthropy, Steel