Armenia Parliament

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November 2019, we welcomed 5 Parliamentary Members from Armenia who expanded their knowledge on the legislative process in New York.

About our Founder

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Clarissa Harlowe Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She worked as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, and as a teacher and patent clerk. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home. She had a relationship with John J. Elwell, but never married. …