Clara Barton: Angel Of The Battle Field

There are many heroes during time of war, whether they are soldiers or simply volunteers helping their country. Clarissa “Clara” Barton, a shy timid girl as a child, turned out to be one of the most important health care workers during the Civil War. Between raising money for supplies, caring for the wounded, finding missing soldiers, and ultimately creating the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was among one of those heroes on the battlefield, earning the name, Angel of the Battlefield.

     Barton was the youngest of five children, and her two brothers and two sisters assumed much of the responsibility for her education. Her sister, Dorothy, taught her spelling, Stephen taught her arithmetic, Sally taught her geography, and David coached her in athletics. With their help, Barton received a vast and diverse education. By the time she started school at age 4, Barton could already spell

The three articles I am using as support for my research paper are Clara Barton: Teacher, Nurse, Civil War Heroine, Founder of the American Red Cross written by Gerald Evans, The Life and Work of Clara Barton written by Ida Husted Harper, and The Role of Gender, Phrenology, Discrimination and Nervous Prostration in Clara Barton’s Career written by Allen Spiegel. All of these articles present relevant information about the inspirations and challenges Clara Barton experienced through her work in the medical field, and her overall influence and inspiration she had on others through her founding of the American Red Cross.

At the beginning of the Civil war, Barton gathered and delivered supplies for the Union soldiers (Bio, N/D). Despite not having any prior medical training, Barton wanted to help more.

On 1854, Clara moved to Washington D.C. to work at the United States Patent office to become a patent clerk. She fought for women’s rights, as the office fired workers just because they were women. In April 1861, when the Civil War was amidst, Clara decided to buy supplies for the soldiers at battle. When she asked the generals if they needed medical assistance, they turned her down. However, it didn’t stop her from trying. She solicited acquaintances from Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey to send medicine, bandages, food, and clothes. She also worked with her sister, Sally, to collect supplies. She used these items to help wounded soldiers. Over time, Clara created a support network that spanned across the Union. Barton came to the rescue at many battlefields, such as the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862), the Battle of Antietam (1862), the Battle of Petersburg (1865), and many, many more. During her time as a nurse, she did not have time to find a spouse or have children. Clara considered the soldiers as family. Clara was unselfish, only accepting items that other soldiers had. When a general offered a rug for her tent, she refused, for other soldiers didn’t have one. She felt guilty receiving more aid than the people on the battlefield fighting for their lives. Barton once said, “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and

Clara Barton was a nurse who found the American Red Cross. She became a nurse in 1821 and during the Civil War, she was an important nurse. Barton didn’t get married because she know that if she did, she would have limited

I, Clara Barton, am significant in American history. I am most commonly known for founding the American Red Cross. Before that, I grew up on a farm with my parents and four siblings, went to school, and was employed in the patent office and as a nurse. Without me, life today would be much different.

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Massachusetts. She was born into a family of four, two brothers and two sisters. Her parents were Stephan and Sarah Barton, a militia man and a home maker. Stephan was a non-commissioned officer in the French and Indian Wars, which made his soilder habits and tastes hard to dismiss. He had a love for horses and became one of the first to introduce blooded stocks, with large lands in England, he raised his own colts and highlanders. He told Clara many war stories, he even drew maps, made models of battles and explained war strategies. Some of her first memories are of thunder storm which looked like a whole heaven full of angry rams , marching down upon her.1

Clara Barton was born in oxford massachusetts on december 25,1821 and died april 12,1912. When she was older she she moved to maryland and was an educator, nurse and founder of the american red cross. Barton spent much of her life in the service of others and created an organization that still helps people in need today - the american red cross. She led the american red cross for 23 years. She became a teacher, and worked in the u.s. Patent office and was an independent nurse during the civil war. While visiting europe, she worked with a relief organization known as the international red cross. The american red cross was founded in 1881, and Barton served as its first president. A shy child, she first found her calling

Would you have taken action to help people even though society deplores you from doing it?In the 1800’s in America to different individuals took a stand of what society did not have the courage to do.The author Ina chang wrote a biography about the abolitionist Angelina Grimke and Clara Barton,who both were doing grateful things in dangerous situation.Both individuals while being in different situation.Both individuals while being in different situation they were brave enough to take on situations that many people don’t have the courage to do.

Clarissa, Clara, Harlowe Barton, was born in Massachusetts in 1821, on Christmas day, and was the youngest of six children, two of which did not make it to the age of twelve. Her father, Stephen Barton raised her as a boy, her brothers having no particular interests in their “soldier father”. He taught her to shoot and man a gun, to ride a horse, to track, and how to be an all about ethical and religious person, making sure to have her study the Christian Bible from time to time..

At an early age, Clara was a school teacher in Massachusetts who became a battlefield nurse. She was also a founder of the American Red Cross and worked as a volunteer in the war. She started working as a clerk in the United States Patent office in 1854. Clara came to know that there was devastation on both sides because she read in the Washington newspaper about

Clara Barton was born December 25, 1821 on Christmas Day at Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara’s father was Captain Stephen Barton and her mother was Sara Stone Barton. Clara was the youngest of four siblings. When Clara was eleven years old her brother fell off the roof of a barn and became very ill. Clara had to take care if him for two years and found out that she enjoyed helping and taking care of others. This started Clara’s journey of helping and caring for others by shaping and building the American Red Cross in the United States.

“Clara Barton” Clara Barton was quoted in this source saying, “The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me” (LaFantasie 5). This quote from Clara Barton shows her compassion towards helping people. These words from Barton show her outstanding determination to never hold back on the needs of others. At an early age, Clara Barton began helping people and continued to devote her life to helping others, therefore leaving a lasting legacy, especially by creating the American Red Cross. Clara Barton’s early life reflected on her love and sympathy for helping others.

Clara Barton (1821-1912) was a woman who tremendously impacted the American Society during her lifetime. Barton was a working nurse born in Massachusetts who later on moved to Washington, DC. She started a relief organization during the Civil War (Ackermann). She followed the Army for three years and for diligently to located men who were M.I.A during the Civil War (Ackermann). Furthermore, Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881 (Ackermann). Clara Barton was indeed a woman of great influence whose impacted American society beyond her lifetime.