Marguerite Frick-Cramer

Marguerite Frick-Cramer
Born(1887-12-28)28 December 1887
Died22 October 1963(1963-10-22) (aged 75)
NationalitySwiss
Scientific career
FieldsHistory

Marguerite Frick-Cramer (28 December 1887 – 22 October 1963), born Renée-Marguerite Cramer, was a Swiss historian. She became the first woman to join the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in November 1918.[1][2]

Biography

Frick-Cramer studied law and humanities in Geneva and Paris and became a professor at the University of Geneva.[3] She participated in the creation of the Prisoners of War International Agency [fr] before being co-opted as a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which at the time was made up exclusively of men.[4] Despite the hesitations some of its members felt in allowing a woman to join its ranks, the Committee understood that such change would be inevitable, in no small part because the Great War had deeply modified people's perception of gender equality.[5] As a result of her experience with the Committee, Frick-Cramer became the first woman to be a member of the governing body of an international organization.[1]

Frick-Cramer remained active with the Red Cross through the 1930s, participating in Committee meetings in which the organization's attitude towards Nazi Germany was discussed.[6]

Bibliography

  • Genève et les Suisses, 1914

References

  1. ^ a b "International Review of the Red Cross" (PDF). IRC. 94 (888): 1279. Winter 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ Favez, Jean-Claude (1988). Une mission impossible ? [An impossible mission?] (in French). Lausanne: Payot.
  3. ^ Martine Piguet (19 July 2005). "Frick [-Cramer], Marguerite". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Le CICR, 150 ans d'histoire et une capacité à se renouveller" [ICRC, 150 years and a renewal capacity] (in French). L'Obs. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ "The International Committee of the Red Cross in the First World War". icrc.org. Retrieved 5 November 2017. It was a first for any international organization.
  6. ^ Steinacher, Gerald (29 July 2017). "The Red Cross in Nazi Germany". OUPblog. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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