Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton is among the most honored women in American history. A groundbreaking example of selfless volunteer service, Barton began her professional life as a Massachusetts ...

Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her first nursing experience at age 11, when her older brother fell off a barn roof. For nearly two years she remained at his ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the U.S. Civil War, many doctors refused to work with women. Clara Barton, who took on nursing at the time, didn’t listen to them. It started with the Baltimore Riot on April 19, 1861. Fighting ...

Leuyen Pham, who's written and illustrated more than 120 books, shared with the third, fourth and fifth graders how her journey from Vietnam to America inspired her to become an illustrator.