Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On May 21, 1881 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization to provide emergency assistance and relief for victims ...

Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her first nursing ... Four months later, forest fires tore through Michigan, leaving 500 dead and thousands more homeless.

It was Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, who said, "You must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it." Barton's philosophy captures the spirit of America’s ...