Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On May 21, 1881 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization to provide emergency assistance and relief for victims ...

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881. Barton was inspired by the Red Cross movement in Europe while ...

The Six and Twenty Club met May 9 at the First Christian Church. President Theresa Rembert called the meeting to order, and Secretary Tanya Day conducted roll call with quotations before reading the ...

Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her first nursing experience at age 11, when her older brother fell off a barn roof. For nearly two years she remained at ...

But for Central Massachusetts, the month also marks more than 140 years since North Oxford resident Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton founded the American Red Cross, transforming humanitarian ...

In this lesson, students learn about Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, through primary and secondary source documents, then use digital storytelling tools to tell the story of her ...

American nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on this day in history, May 21, 1881. She led the organization ...