American nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on this day in history, May 21, 1881. She led the organization until 1904, when she retired to her Maryland home.

The Clara Barton Birthplace Museum opens for the season at the end of the month. advertisement. Worcester Telegram. Worcester County Wonders: Oxford's very own Clara and her Red Cross legacy.

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.

Sixteen years before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton established the Missing Soldiers Office in 1865. The office strived to determine what happened to Union troops that had gone ...

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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.