It was charged with providing humanitarian aid to those injured or displaced by war or natural disasters.

Surviving the destruction wrought by tornados, hurricanes or other natural disasters can be a devastating experience. Often, in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, people are reeling from shock ...

Ten Georgetown University students are researching the life of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton in collaboration with a National Park Service site to bolster the content of the site’s exhibits ...

She saw the Red Cross as her child, and as it was being taken away from her, she was again tempted to end her life. "I seem to feel but one impulse -- one desire, to get away from it all," she wrote ...

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881. Barton was inspired by the Red Cross movement in Europe while traveling in Switzerland. She volunteered with the International Committee of ...

Saturday, Dec. 25 marked what would have been the 200th birthday of American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton. A compassionate and tenacious trailblazer, Clara built an extraordinary legacy of service, ...