Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
| 1869 | Clara Barton begins travels in Europe that last until 1873, and meets Dr. Louis Appia of the International Committee of the Red Cross; U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish rejects Treaty of Geneva; Ulysses S. Grant becomes President; first state board of health is established in Massachusetts |
| 1870 | Clara Barton works with Red Cross during Franco-Prussian War, which lasts until 1871 |
Grand Duchess Louise of Baden
| 1872 | Victoria Woodhull becomes first woman to run for U.S. President |
| 1873 | First school of nursing is established at Bellevue Hospital in New York City |
| 1874 | Clara Barton meets Julian Hubbell in Dansville, New York; Frances Willard founds Women’s Christian Temperance Union; electric streetcars begin running in New York City |
Julian Hubbell
| 1876 | Clara Barton collaborates with Susan B. Anthony on biographies of noted women; Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone |
| 1877 | Clara Barton begins correspondence with Louis Appia with goal of having U.S. ratify Treaty of Geneva; Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President |