Clara Barton organized volunteers at the battlefields in the Civil War. However, for what is she primarily known?
A. Helping found the American branch of the Red Cross
B. Her excellent military strategy skills
C. Her ongoing work in the U.S. Patent Office
D. Her reforms in prisons and mental institutions
ANS: A
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