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The Life of Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross. (1922) OCLC 164624867. Burton, David Henry. Clara Barton: in the service of humanity (Greenwood, 1995); Major scholarly study online Archived April 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine; Crompton, Samuel Etinde. Clara Barton: Humanitarian. New York: Chelsea House, 2009. ISBN 978-1604134926.
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Barton became President of the American branch of the society, known as the American National Red Cross in May 1881 in Washington. The first chapters opened in upstate New York, where she had connections.
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton (1821–1912), an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. The site is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Washington D.C. in Glen Echo, Maryland.
A dedication ceremony was held Tuesday along the Hagerstown Cultural Trail for the new Clara Barton Memorial by sculptor Toby Mendez. Memorial to American Red Cross founder Clara Barton dedicated ...
McGovern, was the longest-serving CEO of the American Red Cross since its founder Clara Barton, and played a pivotal role in transforming the organization. As President and CEO, she led initiatives that modernized the Red Cross, improved financial stability, and expanded the reach of lifesaving services.
The new Clara Barton mural in Dansville honors the American Red Cross founder in the Livingston County village where she established the first chapter on May 21, 1881. The mural was created by ...
His life is represented, with some fictional elements, in the film D'homme à hommes (1948), starring Jean-Louis Barrault, and the period of his life when the Red Cross was founded in the international film coproduction Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2006).
In 1991, Dole became the president of the American Red Cross. [19] She served until 1999. She was the second woman to serve as president since Clara Barton founded the organization in 1881. She restructured the world's largest humanitarian organization during her eight years as president, serving as a volunteer in her first year.