Foringer: Still the Greatest Mother in the World 1920.

$445.00

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Alonzo E. Foringer Still the Greatest Mother in the World 1920. Impressive Red Cross nurse, bearing a resemblance to Athena, dressed in white holds a crippled boy in her left arm while she uses her right hand to comfort an elderly couple who appear to be destitute. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881. During World War I its membership grew from 17,000 members to a staggering 20,000,000 members in late 1918. The public donated $400,000,000 in funds and material support to the American Red Cross. Rare; not in Library of Co9ngress. 30×24 near mint, conservation backed.