Clara Barton and the Red Cross.
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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
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Civil War nurse, suffragist, and founder of the American Red Cross Clarissa Harlow Barton was born in North Oxford, MA, on December 25, 1821, the fifth and last child of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. She was a shy and lonely child, and for two years at the age of eleven she devoted her time to nursing her brother David during a protracted illness, an experience which later affected her life's work. At eighteen she began to teach in neighboring schools. In 1850 she spent a year at the Libe...
American Red Cross
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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...
Hubbell, Julian B. (Julian Bertine), 1847-1929
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Graduate of University of Michigan, later American Red Cross field representative. From the description of Julian B. Hubbell papers, 1881-1883. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83496004 From the description of Julian B. Hubbell papers, 1881-1883. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423606 ...
