Notes for Ellen Barbour

Notes for Ellen Barbour

In 1916, she offered her services to the French Government to serve with the French Red Cross. She had the distinction of being the only civilian of the United States to be called for by name by a foreign government, her assignment to foreign service having been requested of the State Department by the French Government. She served with the French Red Cross until 1917, when she was reassigned to the American Red Cross headquarters, Tours, France. She remained abroad until after the close of the War.