Women's History Month: Clara Barton

VOANews: American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton: Life of Caring for Others

As a nurse, Clara Barton started the American Red Cross in the 1800s. And she got the United States government to accept the Geneva Convention. That treaty established rules for the treatment of soldiers injured or captured during wartime.

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• American Red Cross
• American Red Cross: Alternate Language Materials
• CruzRojaAmerican.org (en Espanol)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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