Suzanne Ferriere (d 1970), ICRC, IUCW, Save the Children Fund supporter, SCF/P/2/2 page 204, Cadbury Research Library
Suzanne Ferrière, of Geneva, was inspired to humanitarian work by her uncle, Frederic Ferrière, a Swiss doctor and long-serving member of the Comité International de la Croix-Rouge [International Committee of the Red Cross] in Geneva. Suzanne worked as a member of the ICRC for nearly 30 years, and through her services in its Relief Section met Eglantyne Jebb, founder of the Save the Children Fund: she became the Assistant Secretary of the Save the Children International Union in Geneva, and worked closely with Eglantyne during her frequent visits who called her her ‘international sister’. She worked too for the International Union for Child Welfare and contributed to the founding of the International Migration Service, serving as its secretary-general until 1945. Suzanne visited Russia, South America, Palestine and elsewhere in the course of her Red Cross and SCF work and wrote several books, including ‘Les Etats-Unis au secours de l’Europe, 1918-1923’ and contributed to the ICRC journal ‘International Review’ with important articles including ‘The Activities of National Societies in War and Peace’.
Text by Anne George, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.
Suzanne Ferriere (d 1970), ICRC, IUCW, Save the Children Fund supporter, SCF/P/2/2 page 204, Cadbury Research Library
Suzanne Ferrière, of Geneva, was inspired to humanitarian work by her uncle, Frederic Ferrière, a Swiss doctor and long-serving member of the Comité International de la Croix-Rouge [International Committee of the Red Cross] in Geneva. Suzanne worked as a member of the ICRC for nearly 30 years, and through her services in its Relief Section met Eglantyne Jebb, founder of the Save the Children Fund: she became the Assistant Secretary of the Save the Children International Union in Geneva, and worked closely with Eglantyne during her frequent visits who called her her ‘international sister’. She worked too for the International Union for Child Welfare and contributed to the founding of the International Migration Service, serving as its secretary-general until 1945. Suzanne visited Russia, South America, Palestine and elsewhere in the course of her Red Cross and SCF work and wrote several books, including ‘Les Etats-Unis au secours de l’Europe, 1918-1923’ and contributed to the ICRC journal ‘International Review’ with important articles including ‘The Activities of National Societies in War and Peace’.
Text by Anne George, Archivist, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.