Clara+Barton



- I was born on December 25, 1821 in MA - I'm the youngest of 5 children - Very shy in my childhood - Nursing began at age 11 when I nursed my brother through a serious illness - Became a teacher at the age of 15 - I formed a free public school in Bordentown, NJ (greatest antebellum achievement) - I was an avid women's rights activist working with Susan B. Anthony - I founded the American Red Cross in 1881 - Founded the National First Aid Society in 1904 - Died April 12, 1912 in Washinton DC
 * Clara Barton**

After the Battle of Bull Run, I realized how little supplies soldiers were receiving. I wanted to start an organization that would distribute them in mass quantities. Eventually I gained permission to travel behind the lines seeing some of the most horrific battles of the war. I distributed to both North and South soldiers. Mostly at the battlefield I sat with the wounded, comforted them, and assisted the doctors. On one occurrence I was holding the head of a wounded shoulder when suddenly a bullet came through the arm of my shirt and went into the soldier I was holding and killed him.


 * //"I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay." - Clara Barton

"What could I do but go with them [Civil War soldiers], or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins." - Clara Barton//**

- How did seeing all of the casualties and horrors of war affect your life? - When you were younger did you know that you wanted to do something in nursing?
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