[DOC] [TLE] Clara Barton | American Red Cross Founder | Who is Clara Barton [PAR] Barton perceived an immediate need in all this chaos for providing personal 
assistance .... needed supplies up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to 
assist flood victims. In 1889, she and 50 volunteers rode the first train into 
Johnstown, ... In 1896, Barton directed relief operations on behalf of victims of 
unrest in Turkey... [DOC] [TLE] Johnstown Flood - Wikipedia [PAR] The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of 
the South Fork ... The American Red Cross, led by Clara Barton and with 50 
volunteers, ... The village of Johnstown was founded in 1800 by the Swiss 
immigrant .... 1889, to lead the group's first major disaster relief effort; she did not 
leave for... [DOC] [TLE] Background Article: The Johnstown Flood of 1889 - Johnstown ... [PAR] The Johnstown Flood would become one of the worst natural disasters ever seen 
.... Doctors, nurses and Clara Barton and the American Red Cross arrived to ... 
During recovery and relief efforts the state of Pennsylvania put Johnstown ... flood 
finally produced some action with the passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936. [DOC] [TLE] American Red Cross - National Park Service [PAR] Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and remained at its helm 
until 1904. ... for 18 peacetime relief efforts and relief work during the Spanish-
American War. .... The Johnstown Flood of 1889 claimed over 2,200 lives. ... 
Barton directed the establishment of shelters; distribution of clothing, food, and 
medical... [DOC] [TLE] A True History of the Johnstown Flood - Goodman Theatre [PAR] The Beginnings of the American Red Cross. 20. Disaster Hits ... Directed by 
Robert Falls ... personal possessions strewn on empty lots, the last ... prone to 
flooding since its founding early in the 19th ... A scene in Johnstown, 
Pennsylvania, after the 1889 flood. .... The flood relief efforts began as news of 
the devastation. [DOC] [TLE] Origins of the American Red Cross - Life in the Finger Lakes [PAR] 1 of the American Red Cross, the first local chapter ever founded. .... she 
continued her humanitarian efforts personally directing relief efforts in 22 United 
... or nationally, such as the Johnstown flood in 1889 or the Spanish-American 
War. [DOC] [TLE] 125 years later, Johnstown flood stories still chill | TribLIVE [PAR] May 30, 2014 ... Relics from the 1889 flood in Johnstown sit on display in the Johnstown Flood 
Museum in ... But 125 years later, it's also a personal story. ... The flood was a test 
for the American Red Cross, its first large-scale disaster. Founder Clara Barton 
spent several months in Johnstown directing the relief efforts. [DOC] [TLE] The Johnstown Flood | Visit Johnstown Pennsylvania [PAR] On May 31, 1889, rising water in the lake breached the South Fork Dam, ... The 
flood was the first disaster relief effort of the American Red Cross ... A self-guided 
walking tour highlights the most notable buildings in the ... Boyd Buzz Wagner, 
the first American air ace of World War II and John G. McCrory, founder of the... [DOC] [TLE] The Johnstown Flood  An Engineering Failure | Madrid ... [PAR] May 9, 2014 ... Prior to May 31, 1889 Johnstown would be all but unremarkable in nearly every 
way. ... In late May 1889 a strong storm system produced about 6 to 10 ... the 
founder and then-president of the American Red Cross (ARC) arrived in 
Jonestown in what would be the ARC's first domestic disaster relief effort. [DOC] [TLE] Clara Barton - Civil War Women [PAR] Sep 7, 2008 ... Then, at age 60, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and led it for the 
next 23 years. .... to her efforts, the United States signed the Geneva Agreement 
in 1882. ... in Illinois in 1888, and the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood. ... 
The last operation Clara personally directed was relief for victims of... [DOC] [TLE] The Johnstown Flood - May 31, 1889 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, The Johnstown Flood on May

Question: This American Red Cross founder personally directed the relief effort at the Johnstown Flood in 1889
Answer: Clara Barton