Clara Barton is renowned as the nurse who established the American Red Cross, in addition to her humanitarian efforts and ...

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton is among the most honored women ... She traveled from conflict to conflict, nursing the wounded soldiers of both sides, including troops at the battles of Harpers ...

Clara Barton was born in Oxford in 1821 ... Barton was a self-taught nurse who became known as "The Angel of the Battlefield” ...

Susan Bysiewicz joined the American Red Cross of Connecticut and Rhode Island at the Capitol on Tuesday to honor their hard work and highlight the woman that started it all — Clara Barton.