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En 1872, Henry Dunant fit, à Londres, une conférence sur l'œuvre de la Croix-Rouge. Ses premiers mots furent: «Bien que je sois connu comme étant le fondateur de la Croix-Rouge et l'instigateur de la Convention de Genève, c'est à une femme anglaise que revient tout l'honneur d'avoir inspiré ladite Convention. C'est l'œuvre accomplie par Miss Florence Nightingale…».

In 1872 Henry Dunant, on a visit to London, read a paper on the work of the Red Cross. His first words were:—"Though I am known as the Founder of the Red Cross, and the originator of the Conventions of Geneva, it was an Englishwoman to whom all the honour of that Convention is due. What inspired me was the work of Miss Florence Nightingale…"

Le XIXe siècle a été jalonné d'êtres exceptionnels qui ont donné leurs forces vives pour que soit reconnue la dignité de la personne humaine. Parmi eux, Florence Nightingale, née à Florence le 12 mai 1820, et décédée le 13 août 1910, à Londres.

Florence Cowan discusses the various homesteads, desert claims, and tree claims that her parents took out in Montana, the births of her nine siblings, and her parents' separation. She describes how her mother ran the ranch and desert claim with help from Cowan's older brothers until she sold it and moved into Livingston, Montana. Cowan also talks about working as a school teacher and her social life before she met her husband. She recalls the financial aspects of her marriage and cooking for the threshing crews, as well as the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. Cowan briefly mentions her political leanings and the evolution of women's dress and styles from the early- to mid-20th century. ; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/1051/thumbnail.jpg

This study examines the Florentine economy and women's role in it from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. The changes that took place in the Florentine economy as it adapted to new economic opportunities undermine the notion of economic decline and suggest instead considerable resilience. The changes that took place helped to produce and were themselves the product of the growing participation of women in the economy.