Clara Barton

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Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, lithograph by Kurz and Allison, circa 1888.

9 Questions About the American Civil War Answered

American Red Cross nurse, 1917, recruiting and enlisting.

American Red Cross Month 2016

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

General Ulysses S. Grant at his headquarters in Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1864. Civil War, Union Army, General Grant, General Ulyssess Grant.

How was Ulysses S. Grant involved in the Civil War?

The first contingent of the Women's Overseas Hospitals, supported by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. (World War I)

Women in World War I: A Photo Gallery

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint

8 of the Largest Empires in History

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer

Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

Pro and Con: School Uniforms

Clara Barton: Media

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Explore the contributions of women in various fields during the American Civil War

Explore the contributions of women in various fields during the American Civil War

Discover some of the many roles women played in the American Civil War—from nurses...

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Clara Barton

Clara Barton

Clara Barton, photograph by Mathew B. Brady, 1866.

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Clara Barton.

Clara Barton.

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Who was Viking chieftain Ivar the Boneless?

Who was Viking chieftain Ivar the Boneless?

Clara Barton's sleeping quarters (foreground) at the American Red Cross base in Charleston,...

The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton, 1899.

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