Explore Clara Barton’s legacy with Smithsonian interns at historic sites that preserve women’s history, from the Missing ...

Dozens of people, including nurses and American Red Cross volunteers, attended a dedication ceremony Tuesday for the new Clara Barton Memorial along the Hagerstown Cultural Trail. The base of the ...

The month of December is and has historically been dominated by the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Even though historical and religious scholars have yet to pinpoint the exact year ...

Ten Georgetown University students are researching the life of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton in collaboration with ...

The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on this day in history, May 21, 1881. Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the ...

On this date in history: In 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore. In 1856, Lawrence, Kan., was burned by pro-slavery forces. In 1881, Clara Barton founded the ...

A shimmering new public mural will go a long way in cementing Dansville's legacy as the community where Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Artists Melissa Stratton Pandina and Gabriela ...

Two decades before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was a humanitarian without a cause. A former schoolteacher working as a clerk for the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C., Barton ...

Surviving the destruction wrought by tornados, hurricanes or other natural disasters can be a devastating experience. Often, in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, people are reeling from shock ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Clara Barton dedicated her life to caring for others. Barton, perhaps appropriately born on Christmas Day in 1821, was living in Washington when the Civil War began in 1861.