In 1834, Sarah Josepha Hale, the great American editor and champion of female education, published an article in her magazine calling for the nursing profession—then the domain of men—to be opened to ...

May 21 marks the founding of the American Red Cross. Over its 133-year history, it has provided a wide menu of services to help the needy, disaster victims, military personnel and their families. The ...

Explore Clara Barton’s legacy with Smithsonian interns at historic sites that preserve women’s history, from the Missing Soldiers Office to the Red Cross. Rachel F. Seidman In 1997, while examining a ...

Through the dense smoke a reverberation of artillery and whizzing of bullets mingles with the battle cries forced through gnashed teeth of those engaged in close combat. It is a scene straight from ...