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The Life of Clara Barton


Clara Barton Biography - National Women's History Museum

Educator and humanitarian Clara Barton helped distribute needed supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War and later founded the disaster relief ...

About Clara Barton | Red Cross Founder

Clara was still living in Washington when the American Civil War began in 1861. During that time, she bravely provided nursing care and supplies to soldiers — ...

Clara Barton - National Museum of the United States Army

She founded the National First Aid Association of America in 1905 and served as the association's honorary president for five years. Though the association's ...

Clara Barton: Biography, American Red Cross Founder, Nurse

Who Was Clara Barton? Clara Barton was an independent nurse during the Civil War. While visiting Europe after the war's conclusion, she worked ...

Clara Barton

Early Life of Clara Barton ... She was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton on December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts, into an abolitionist family.

Clara Barton - Wikipedia

Clara Barton ... Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse ...

Clara Barton | American Battlefield Trust

Born in Massachusetts in 1821, Clara Harlowe Barton was the youngest of five children. Barton supplemented her early education with practical experience.

Clara Barton | American Red Cross Founder, Civil War Nurse

Clara Barton (born Dec. 25, 1821, Oxford, Mass., U.S.—died April 12, 1912, Glen Echo, Md.) was the founder of the American Red Cross ...

Biography - Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

Clara Barton was thirty-nine and on her second career when the Civil War started. That didn't stop her from getting involved, making a difference, and ...

Founder Clara Barton - American Red Cross

Clarissa Harlowe Barton, Clara, as she wished to be called, is one of the most honored women in American history. She began teaching school at a time when ...

Clara's Life - Clara Barton Birthplace Museum

In 1839, at the age of seventeen, Clara became a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in North Oxford, Massachusetts.

Clara Barton Biography | The Civil War | Ken Burns - PBS

1812–1912 Massachusetts Nurse Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton is among the most honored women in American history.

Clara Barton: Her life and legacy as the founder of the ... - YouTube

Clarissa Harlowe Barton, known as Clara, is one of the most honored women in American history. Barton risked her life to bring supplies and ...

The Person - Clara Barton National Historic Site

Clara Barton was the youngest of five children born to Stephen and Sarah Barton of Oxford, MA. She was close to her family throughout her life.

Timeline | Articles and Essays | Clara Barton Papers

Clara Barton (1821-1912) · 1821, Dec. 25 · 1833-1835. Nurse to her brother David Barton (1808-1888) while he recovered from a serious fall · 1839-1850. Taught in ...

Clara Barton - Biographies - Maryland State Archives

She is best known for being the founder of the American Red Cross and the National First Aid Society. Barton supported many of the nineteenth-century reform ...

The Life of Clara Barton in Two Volumes - Project Gutenberg

The life of Clara Barton is a story of unique and permanent interest; but it is more than an interesting story. It is an important chapter in the history of ...

Barton, Clara | Women of the Hall

Clara Barton taught school and worked as a clerk in the US Patent Office. When she 40 years old, the outbreak of the Civil War launched her on her life's work.

Celebrating Clara Barton: A Life of Service

Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross and a true visionary at heart. Her story is proof that one can dedicate their life to service.

Clara Barton (U.S. National Park Service)

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts in 1821, the youngest of Stephen and Sarah Barton's five children. When ...