Central Kansas Library System

A biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.

Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.

A biography of Anna Blair Etheridge, a nurse during the Civil War, from childhood through her four years of service with the Army of the Potomac.

Relates the experiences of World War II Army nurses, who brought medical skills, courage, and cheer to hospitals throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.

Examines the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.