Article summarizing the history and contemporary characteristics of the Filipino American community.
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance and the Great War in Paraguay, was a South American war fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay.
Nursing was harrowing, often dangerous work in WW1 but the full contribution of the women often goes unrecognised, writes Shirley Williams.
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As the war escalated, public pressure increased to enlist black women. Eighteen black Red Cross nurses were offered Army Nurse Corps assignments at Camp Grant, Illinois and Camp Sherman, Ohio.
See the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame Inductees from 1996, 1997, 1998.
2. Clara Barton. Founder of American Red Cross (1821 to 1912) Clarissa Harlowe Barton was a teacher when her feet directed her to tread the more risky life of bringing supplies right in heart of battlefields during the American Civil War, wherein she was rightfully known as the Angel of the Battlefield.
Clara Barton: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Barton was educated at home and began teaching at age 15. She attended the Liberal Institute at …
The History of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 1500s, when it was occupied chiefly …
Women Nurses in the American Army, an 1899 paper addressing nursing during the Spanish American War
