The first chapter of the American Red Cross was established by
a. Clara Barton.
b. Sairy Gamp.
c. Dorothea Lynde Dix.
d. Florence Nightingale.
ANS: A
Clara Barton established the first chapter of the American Red Cross. Sairy Gamp was a fictional character in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit. Dorothea Lynde Dix was appointed superintendent of nurses and organized a corps of female nurses during the Civil War. Florence Nightingale nursed wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.
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