Casualty stations were set up near battlefields, some by the Red Cross. Female volunteers worked as nurses and drove ambulances. The First World War was the first-time poison gas was used on a ...

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881. Barton was inspired by the Red Cross movement in Europe while ...

A global tribute to humanitarian service, celebrating the life-saving efforts of Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers worldwide.

one such organization was not: the Red Cross. McLean County's women were in integral leadership positions alongside men during the Second World War: women like Mrs. Stuart Wyatt and Mrs. Glenn ...