American Red Cross
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The American National Red Cross, sometimes referred to as ANRC, is an American nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness educat
American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
American Red Cross workplace, Memphis TN, c. 1898
U.S. stamp commemorating Red Cross 50th anniversary, issue of 1931
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
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Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton 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
Barton in 1865
Barton c. 1866
Clara Barton honored on a 1948 U.S. commemorative stamp
Photo by James E. Purdy (1904)