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Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War , a teacher, and a patent clerk .
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.
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.
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 ...
Solomons helped establish the American Red Cross with Clara Barton in 1881. By 1883, he was second vice president, an office he held for twelve years. He was a director of the Columbia Hospital and Living In Asylum for twenty years [4] and a charter member of the Garfield Memorial Hospital and the Providence Hospital.
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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.
National First Aid Society was founded in 1905 by Clara Barton after her resignation from the American Red Cross. [1] Its mission was to promote local first aid programs. It later became part of the American Red Cross.