In 1907, physician Joaquim de Oliveira Botelho proposed organizing the Brazilian Red Cross in
Rio de Janeiro and gained support from members of the
Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute. Articles of Association were drafted and approved on 5 December 1908, and the organization gained recognition as a national branch of the
International Committee of the Red Cross in the period from 1910 to 1912. In 1912, the physician
Marie Rennotte founded the branch for the
state of São Paulo. By 1919, the organization had joined the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. ==See also==