Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her ... The week after the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Barton began nursing Union soldiers at an improvised ...

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton is among ... leanings made her too controversial. Barton was in Washington in early 1861 when the Civil War began. One of the first volunteers at the city's ...

Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas ... SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC At the time of the American Civil War, Barton shifted her career once again, becoming a battlefield ...

History Detective host Eduardo Pagán consults a Clara Barton biographer, a civil war prison historian, and a Pennsylvania genealogist to determine whether an 1866 letter about the death of a ...

National Nurses Week, a week designated to raise awareness of the important role nurses play in society, is this week and this year’s theme is “The Power of Nurses,” recognizing the invaluable ...

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.