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    Civil War, Clara Barton organized relief for the wounded, bringing her talents into aiding people. Her love for assisting people motivated her to create the American Red Cross. Her love of encouraging and saving others later affected and ultimately saved many lives. Clara Barton was born on December 21, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was the youngest child. Her father was Stephen Barton, a farmer and state lawmaker who served in the American Revolutionary War (Clara Barton Biography, n.d.).

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    discipline is it’s absence.” Clara Barton said this meaning that you only know your discipline when you aren’t using it. You only know your manners when you see how different it is when you don’t use them or see someone not using them, that is what Clara meant when she said this. Clara came in contact with many people when she was a nurse so she must have met people who weren’t as disciplined as her, she saw her discipline when she saw how little others were. Clara Barton impacted society by organizing

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    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

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    Clara Barton, who was born in 1821, grew up in Massachusetts. Growing up with five siblings, she was taught that women weren’t supposed to do activities such as being a nurse or working in the military. While this was not the norm, she wished to become a nurse as a child because she was influenced by her father who worked in the military. She was a rebel. He would come home to tell her tales of his time in the military which often included stories of his wounded cohorts. At only ten years old, she

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    Did you know there was a young woman that was a nurse in the battlefield? Her name was Clara Barton.she was born December 25 1821 and died on April 12 1821.Sins a child Clara devoted her life for others and always was nice.And when Clara was done teaching some men would ask her if she wanted to marry them but Clara said no to all of them because she was independent. Helping others When Clara was just

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    needing blood and there was none available. Clara Barton made the transfusion of blood possible with the inventing of the American Red Cross. Barton has influenced many nurses in today’s hospitals to push themselves to the limits and make others people’s lives easier. The American Red Cross made unimaginable hospital visits possible. Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton was born in Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. Clara’s father, Captain Steven Barton, was a government official and a captain of

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    Clara Barton- Angel of the Battlefield Everyone strives to be the one person who left the most impressive mark on the world. The person who succeeded significantly is Clara Barton. She paved way for an improved health organization all across America that would live on for over a century. Her most notable achievement was founding the American Red Cross but she actually did much more. Beginning her impressive impression on the world, Clara Barton began the first free public school in New Jersey

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    Clara Barton (1821 - 1912) lived in Oxford, Massachusetts. Her Parents were Stephen Barton and Sarah Barton. During the Civil War, Clara saw that they needed assistance with bringing the soldier’s food, water and medical supplies. Clara helped wounded soldiers in the Civil War and the Battle of Antietam. She became known as the “Angel of the Battle Field” because she rescued nearly every wounded soldier. Clara Barton was sixteen when a phrenologist, Lorenzo Fowler advised her to become a teacher

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    Clara Barton Clara Barton lived in a time when women were seemingly inferior, at a time when the roles she took on were unusual for her gender. Clara Barton lived and thrived in the midst of the American Civil War. Looked upon as “one of the most honored women in American history,” Barton impacted our country most significantly by establishing the American Red Cross, an organization that today provides disaster relief and other forms of medical assistance. For twenty three years, Barton led the

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    Clarissa Harlowe Barton was known as Clara Barton. Clara Barton was born on December 25th 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. The story teller, Tim Lowery, talks about Clara’s bravery and determination for her nursing profession. Clara was a nurse in the Civil War during the years 1861 through 1865. The Civil War began in Charleston, South Carolina on April 12,1861. Clara Barton’s determination and hard work provided a great impact for nurses around the world. At an early age, Clara was a school

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