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Clarissa Harlowe Barton (better known as Clara Barton) (December 25, 1821 –April 12, 1912) was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.
Youth, education, family nursing
Barton was born to Captain Stephen and Sarah Barton in Oxford, Massachusetts. Barton's father was a loyalist to England, and this led to many confrontations between him and his wife. Her father was a farmer and horse breeder while her mother managed the household. The two later helped found the first Universalist Church in Oxford.
As a child, she was shy and retiring, the youngest of five siblings. All her brothers and sisters were at least ten years older. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were kept busy answering her many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary skills, her older sisters being teachers and her brothers happy to teach her how to ride horses and do other things that, at the time, were thought of as being only appropriate for men. She later spent four years at the Liberal Institute in Clinton, New York. At the age of 11, when her brother David became ill, Clara stayed by his side for two years and learned to administer all his medicine, including the "great, loathsome crawling leeches."
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RT @amhistorymuseum: Today in 1821: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, is born. Her 1898 ambulance: http://ow.ly/PiOf
fosterfarm (Philip Foster Farm) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:44:47 -0000
RT @amhistorymuseum: Today in 1821: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, is born. Her 1898 ambulance: http://ow.ly/PiOf
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DottiBell (Dorothy Bell) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:38:06 -0000
@NatlParkService Clara Barton Virtual Museum tour is wonderful tool for teaching children history.
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AII POW-MIA - FaxNetwork - An editorial by Chip Beck comparing Clara Barton and the MIA's with today's Defense MIA Office.
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American Red Cross - Clara Barton - Profile from the Virtual Museum.
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Astrocartography of Clara Barton's Least-Aspected Mars - Biography of Barton with special focus on how the planetary symbols of Mars and Pluto were reflected in her life and work.
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Biography - Clara Barton - A short biographical summary of the life of Clara Barton from Spectrum Home and Life Magazine. Links to more information are provided.
Clara Barton - Known as the Angel of the Battlefield, she also founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton - From the National Association of Investigative Specialists. A story written by Barbara Maikell-Thomas of the First Official Missing Persons Investigator - Clara Barton
Clara Barton - American Treasures - A collection of notes from the Civil war, which document the appalling carnage and medical conditions.
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Clara Barton - Notable Women Ancestors - Biography of Clara Barton, who founded the American Red Cross and cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the conflict during the Civil War.
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Clara Barton in Dansville - Information on Dansville, Livingston County, New York, the country residence of Miss Clara Barton.
Clara Barton's Memorabilia - An article from Nurseweek Magazine on the discovery of items dating back to 1860's of previously unknown information on Clara Barton.
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Clara Barton's Missing Soldier Office - She established the Office of Correspondence with the Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army,. The office identified Union soldiers missing in action. Part of the GSA Historic Preservation Program.
Clara's Heart - Profiles in Citizenship review of Clara Barton, written by Laura Morrow.
The Women Who Went to the Fields - A poem by Clara Barton about the Civil War nurses.
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Women of The Hall - The National Women's Hall of Fame tribute to Clara Barton.
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