The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. Henry Dunant was the founder of the global Red Cross.
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. Henry Dunant was the founder of the global Red Cross.
She founded the red cross in 1881.
American Red Cross.
The Red Cross was originally founded to help wounded soldiers in war get better.
Perhaps the most famous international organization founded to care for soldiers and any others wounded or otherwise harmed in war-time is the Red Cross. Founded in 1863 by Swiss humanitarians, the organization has grown immensely since that time, but it continues to provide much-needed relief to those people suffering in areas ravaged by violence.
Clara Barton
Clara Barton. She founded the American Red Cross and ran military hospitals for the wounded.
She founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and helped wounded soldiers druing the Civil War.
The Red Cross is an international organization founded to care for soldiers and all others who have been wounded or otherwise negatively affected in war-time. Founded in 1863 by Swiss humanitarians, the organization has grown immensely since that time, with various associated organizations collaborating to provide world-wide relief in areas ravaged by violence.
No, because she helped nurse wounded soldiers up to the end of the Civil War, then later founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton (1821-1912) was the driving force behind the establishment of an American branch of the International Red Cross, which had been founded in Switzerland in 1863 as the "International Committee for Relief to the Wounded." A trained nurse, Barton had worked in the US Patent Office, then volunteered to work in Union field hospitals during the Civil War. She had been placed in charge of hospitals for the Army of the James, and after the war operated the Office of Missing Soldiers. On May 21, 1881, Barton and 14 others established the American Red Cross in Washington, DC. The first local office was at a Lutheran church in Danville, Illinois.
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.