9 Must-See Landmarks That Celebrate Women

5. Clara Barton National Historic Site – Glen Echo, MD

Clara Barton was a nurse with very little formal education who spent her life in service of the sick and infirm. In an era where women did not typically work outside the home, she spent years nursing soldiers affected by the Civil War — treating the wounded on the battlefield, securing supplies, and ensuring patients were able to communicate with families back home. After the war, she spent years doing activist work with both Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Then, a chance visit to Geneva put her in contact with the Red Cross, and she agreed to be the first representative of the American Red Cross. Her home, where she spent the final 15 years of her life, is located in Glen Echo, Maryland.

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