1821-1912

Examines the participation of women in medical and scientific discoveries and in the growth of health care in France, Great Britain, and the United States through the lives of Marie Curie, Cicely Saunders, and Clara Barton.

Text and photographs introduce the biography of Clara Barton, who worked as a nurse during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross Society in 1881 to help people hurt by war or disasters.

A biography of the humanitarian whose greatest achievement was the founding of the American Red Cross.

A biography of the teacher, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross.

Biography of the woman who overcame her shyness to become a teacher, a nurse during the Civil War, and founder of the American Red Cross.

Examines the life of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, discussing her early years, her decision to become a nurse, and her work during the Civil War.

Historical photographs and text provide a brief overview of the life of Clara Barton, the first woman allowed on the battlefield during the American Civil War and organizer of the American Red Cross.

Presents the life and career of the nurse who, after fearlessly serving on the battlefields of the Civil War, founded the American Red Cross.

Thirteen-year-old Eulinda, a house slave on a Georgia plantation in 1864, turns to Clara Barton, the eventual founder of the American Red Cross, for help in finding her brother Neddy who ran away to join the Northern war effort and is rumored to be at Andersonville Prison.

A biography of Clara Barton who, at the age of thirty-nine, worked independently to provide medical relief to Union soldiers during the Civil War and later went on to establish the American Red Cross.