Clara Barton is best known for founding the American Red Cross and serving as a battlefield nurse during the Civil War, but did you know she never received any formal training in medicine? As it turns ...

Clara Barton was a "trailblazer"who became "arguably the most famous woman in America" during the Civil War, according to authors of a recent book about Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. ...

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881. Barton was inspired by the Red Cross movement in Europe while traveling in Switzerland. She volunteered with the International Committee of ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton worked as a clerk in this building, which was then the U.S.