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The American Red Cross in the Great War (The Macmillan Company, 1919). Dulles, Foster Rhea. The American Red Cross: A History. (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1950). Egan, Timothy B. and Thanousone Pravongviengkham. "American Red Cross: A History and Analysis" (Defense Technical Information Center, 2016) online; Fike, Claude E.
Occupation (s) Nurse, humanitarian, founder and first president of the American Red Cross. Relatives. Elvira Stone (cousin) Signature. Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk.
November 8, 1964. The American Red Cross National Headquarters is located at 430 17th Street NW in Washington, D.C. Built between 1915 and 1917, it serves both as a memorial to women who served in the American Civil War and as the headquarters building for the American Red Cross. [2] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Columbia University ( MBA) Gail J. McGovern (born 1952) is an American businessperson, who became president and CEO of the American Red Cross on June 23, 2008. McGovern held top management positions at AT&T Corporation and Fidelity Investments. She is a member of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins University and the board of directors of ...
Barton founded the first American Red Cross chapter in Dansville on May 21, 1881, also serving as its president. The Chapter 1 House is just steps away from the mural, on Ossian and Elizabeth streets.
Jane Delano died in France while on a Red Cross mission, expiring at Base Hospital No. 8 in Savenay of Loire-Inferieure, and was interred in a cemetery in the Loire Valley. The mission was to participate in and represent the American Red Cross at the preliminary conference of Red Cross workers and health experts of the world being held at Cannes.
Red Cross Motor Corps (1917) American Red Cross Motor Corps (also known as American Red Cross Motor Service) was founded in 1917 by the American Red Cross (ARC). The service was composed of women and it was developed to render supplementary aid to the U.S. Army and Navy in transporting troops and supplies during World War I, and to assist other ARC workers in conducting their various relief ...
History. Recognizing an epidemic of water-related death, Wilbert Longfellow, in 1912, presented a plan to the American Red Cross for improved water safety. The Red Cross adopted the nationwide plan in January 1914 and established the Red Cross Life Saving Corps. The corps is the forerunner of the present-day Red Cross water safety program.