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 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.

A visit to the house where Clara Barton spent the last 15 years of her life sheds light on a woman who we all know about but don't know well.

Her first book, “Clara Barton: Professional Angel,” came out in 1987, while she was with the Foreign Service in South Africa. Twenty years later, she published “Reading the Man: ...

If the old Turner Classic Movies short that aired New Year’s Day is historically correct, Oxford native Clara Barton saw President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881, the day he was assassinated.

Clara Barton (1821-1912) is a favorite for Starre-Kmiecik because she read Barton's biography in a young person's book when she, herself, was just a girl. Particular aspects of Barton's life ...

Alexandra Pais/For The Star-LedgerMarianne Bartone, who has been working at the library for 20 years, checks in a book in as Helen Bryla, a 29-year employee, looks on at the Clara Barton Branch of ...