1882 Clara Barton helps victims of Ohio and Mississippi river floods; U.S. Senate ratifies Treaty of Geneva, March 16, and ratification is proclaimed July 26

Steamboats left high and dry by floodwaters

1883 Clara Barton serves for a short period as superintendent of Women’s Reformatory Prison in Sherborn, Massachusetts, and aids victims of tornadoes in Louisiana and Alabama
1884 Clara Barton assists survivors of Ohio and Mississippi river floods; International Red Cross adopts “American Amendment;” study of tuberculosis begins in earnest
1885 Ottmar Mergenthaler invents linotype machine; Grover Cleveland becomes President
1886 Clara Barton sends relief to Charleston, South Carolina, after earthquake
1888 Clara Barton organizes care of Jacksonville, Florida, yellow fever victims; George Eastman perfects hand camera
1889 Clara Barton works at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood scene; Benjamin Harrison becomes President; Jane Addams opens Hull House in Chicago; Mayo brothers open clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

Jane Addams

1890 U.S. population stands at 62,947,714
1891 Clara Barton builds house at Glen Echo, Maryland

The house at Glen Echo

1892 Clara Barton organizes relief for victims of drought and famine in Russia
1893 Clara Barton sends relief to victims of Sea Island hurricane; Grover Cleveland becomes President; Lillian Wald establishes Henry Street Settlement House in New York City