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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Clara Barton was a "trailblazer"who became "arguably the most famous woman in America" during the Civil War, according to authors of a recent book about Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. ...

Clara Barton's downtown Washington office, where she led an effort to trace missing soldiers from the Civil War before she founded the American Red Cross, has survived since her death 100 years ago ...

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 ...

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 ...