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Jane Delano (1862–1919) founded the American Red Cross Nursing Service on January 20, 1910. ... known as the American National Red Cross in May 1881 in Washington ...
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. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. [1]
1881 – Clara Barton becomes the first president of the American Red Cross, which she founded. 1881 – Created the first Portuguese Nursing School at Coimbra, Portugal. 1881 – Seacole died in Paddington, London.
Founded in 1881, American Red Cross has been on the frontlines of disaster relief for more than 100 years. The organization also helps conduct blood drives, and provides resources for veterans ...
The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 in the aftermath of the American Civil War as a unique public-private partnership for providing disaster relief and medical support for military forces. This headquarters building was built between 1915 and 1917 to a design by Trowbridge & Livingston .
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.
American Red Cross: 21 May 1881: Uruguayan Red Cross: Spanish: Cruz Roja Uruguaya: 5 March 1897: Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Qizil Yarim Oy Jamiyati: 14 November 1925: Vanuatu Red Cross Society: 1992: Venezuelan Red Cross Society Spanish: Sociedad Venezolana de la Cruz Roja: 1895: Viet Nam Red Cross Society
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.