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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 34  Her Majety’s support for Thai women is well-known, as it is not only limited to strengthen the position of them, but has been enhanced to encourage the education of women and their children, improvement of their family lives and last but not least the promotion of their professional activities through handicrafts and weaving. 4.2 The Red Cross Activities During the fi rst visit to Europe in 1897, on the excursion to Lake Leman at the district called Evian in Switzerland, King Chulalongkorn met the President of the Red Cross Society, who talked a great length about joining the Society. 23 After Figure 16: Queen Sirikit with Thai students in the Bundesrepublic Germany in 1960, in: In Memory of the State Visits of His Majesty the King, The Royal Compositions of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit , p.61 23 Telegram sent from Geneva on May 22nd 1897, at 8 p.m. via Saigon and arriving in Bangkok on May 23 rd at 2.45 p.m., in: Pornsan Watanangura, Naruemit Sodsuk, Khanittha Boonpan (editors), The First Visit of King Chulalongkorn to Europe in 1897 – A Collection of Letters and Documents from the First Visit to Europe of King Chulalongkorn in 1897 , (English version). Bangkok: Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University, p.33. Queen Sirikit on Her Majesty’s State Visits in 1960 and 1962