Clara Barton 's The American Red Cross

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.

She later got caught and was later put into prison in 1864 by confederate troops and taken into prison. Along with Mary Edward walker, Clara Barton, was an Army nurse. Clara was to serve help in curing injured men. She had a bad experience when she went to go cure a man, a bullet that killed the man she was helping was peireced threw her sleeve. She had been assisting him and tried to save him, but it was too late and he had died. Also these women made a legacy in life, Underground Railroad, being the first US army women surgeon, and the foundation of the American Red Cross. Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln. Although she was a lot different then the other important women in the civil war, she was just as important. She was the wife of the president during the war. Although she did not exactly fight or become a nurse of the war, she still had to take care of her family and all of Abraham’s stressful days. She had to mend to her children’s needs while Abraham was out making sure the troops in the war were in the right standings. When 1865 came around it was a terrible year for her, her family and her heart were crushed. Her loved one was assassinated, and her family and herself had no idea how to handle it. Being that she was the presidents wife, she was still important to make a legacy. Showed that women are strong enough to handle stress, children, and deaths in their family to be strong for

I chose Clara Barton because of the work that she did. I knew that women were involved in the Civil War but did not know to what extent. When the war broke out she volunteered at the Washington Infirmary. The text book stated that she was one of the first to volunteer. She won permission to nurse the wounded on the battle fields (“Clara Barton”, 2). She brought supplies on three wagons to the Battle of Antietam (2). She travelled with her wagons throughout the war helping the wounded Union soldiers and the Confederate prisoners. Most of the supplies were purchased through private donations and Barton’s own money (2). In 1880 she founded the American Red Cross after a trip in 1869 to Geneva, Switzerland as a

Clara Barton once said " I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight I can stand and feed and nurse them", Barton is trying to say that you should never be afraid to take risks and even the smallest things can be the most important. Clara Barton was a strong woman not only that but a hero. After researching Clara Barton it is evident that she is a hero because she faced adversities, impacted others, and demonstrated heroic traits.

In 1881 Barton had started the American Red Cross. She herself was the president. Her efforts brought the U.S to sign the Geneva Convention a year later. In 1882 she traveled to help the wounded from fires in Michigan, and earthquakes in Charleston, South Carolina. Along the Ohio River there were flood victims and she went there to help. She did many other things for those who needed her help. Not because she had to but, because she wanted to and that was the kind of person she was.

In the article “Clara Barton,” it thoroughly informs the readers about her personal life and her contribution as a volunteer during the Civil War. Starting with her biography, the article discusses Barton’s educational life and her thirst to do charity work and philanthropy. According to this article, Clara Barton was a pioneer nurse, American teacher and humanitarian. She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, and was the youngest of six children. Barton was homeschooled and she was the most brightest and intelligent among her siblings. One of her achievements was an establishment of a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1853. She was also a founder of Red Cross, which is a volunteer led-organization that runs the world’s

Clara Barton said, “Offering a hand up is not a hand out”. This means to help people through their problems until they are able to solve them on their own. Clara Barton is most known for establishing the American Red Cross. Although, her many helpful, selfless careers, personal life and family, childhood, and all of her amazing accomplishments throughout her life helped her become known as the Angel of the Battlefield and a well known women of war.

Clara Barton was a nurse in the Civil War and helped take care of soldiers, whether they were on the field or not. She brought her own supplies to help the soldiers. She brought food and bedding supplies. Barton also helped the soldiers in hospitals and the confederate soldiers in jail, as well. Clara Barton impacted the health of soldiers on and off the field.

As she grew up she had learned to sew,cook,clean,wash dishes,and wash clothes. Clara Brown was the wealthiest woman of mostly all were she had lived. In 1856 Clara had gotten her freedom papers. Clara had to leave in a year or she would be a slave again.

She helped to show that, as a woman, she was capable of many things, but after a secretary named Robert McClellan was put into office her job was eliminated since he was against women working in the government (Clara Barton). She eventually returned when Lincoln became president but stepped down after the civil war had begun. Barton now had her mind set on one thing and that was helping those wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Once again, she defied the many expectations by becoming the first women to work in the government and showing that she was a capable of completing any task a man could

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford. She became a teacher, worked in the U.S. Patent Office and was an independent nurse during the Civil War. While she was in Europe visiting she worked with in organization known as the International Red Cross, and lobbied for an American branch when she returned home. The American Red Cross was founded in

Clara wrote letters to the families of soldiers who gone missing. She wanted to know more about those who went missing. Also after the war Clara would talk about her war experiences. Clara's doctor told her to take a trip to Europe to rest because her work was getting her very tired. The rest didn't stop Clara from helping people, or making a change.

I signed up to try out for the Clara Barton International Humanitarian (IHL) Law Competition. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend yesterdays Intramural Workshop due to a scheduling conflict. Please advise on how I can catch up on what I missed.

She was born on December 25, 1921, Clara was raised in a family of four children, all of them at least 11 years older than her. Clara’s childhood consisted more of babysitters than siblings, each taking part of her education. Clara rose at the academic part of life, but was very shy among strangers. School was not something that made her happy in life, being too hard to fit in with her other classmates after having such a lonely childhood. The idea of being a pain to the family was in Clara’s head and felt that the way to get her family 's love was to do exceedingly well in her classes to find the thing that she felt was needed to be earned. She was incredibly proud of the positive attention that her achievement of an academic scholarship. This happiness for her accomplishment in the field of academics enriched her taste for masculine accomplishments. Her mother however, began to take notice of this and began to teach her to be more feminine by cooking dinners and building fires.

Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton have both contributed a lot to the history of health care. Both Nightingale and Barton have similarities and differences on how they helped soldiers in need. Florence mainly focused on sanitation. Clara while still worried about sanitation mainly focused on distributing supplies to soldiers. They both made big sacrifices to aid wounded soldiers. Clara and Florence had both similarities and differences on how they helped wounded soldiers.