Red Cross

Toured the old headquarter of the Red Cross and learned the story of its founder Ms. Clara Barton via a ranger guided tour. The furniture was off site for maintenance — checked in to Clara Barton National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service).

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She worked as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, and as a teacher and patent clerk. Ms. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home.