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    Clara Barton Biography

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    husband’s platoon leader personally saying that your husband has been identified as a national war hero, giving his life to save many. You can thank Clara Barton for getting your husband the respect that he deserves. By 1869, her obliging assistants and she had identified over 22,000 soldiers who were unaccounted for or deceased (Edison 17). Barton is the first teacher to open a school in New Jersey, one of the first women to be employed by the federal government, a nurse who went to the front line

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    Clara Barton's Legacy

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    December 25th, 1821 was a special day for the Barton family, but not just because it was Christmas. On that day, a child was born: Clarissa Harlowe Barton. She not only had many talents, but she also was highly intelligent, determined while on the job, and motherly to the people she served - despite having no children. Clara is one of the most popular women nurses that worked on the Civil War battlefield and saved many lives. She even started a foundation that continues to serve people in life threatening

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    reality workers tries to resist. (Bossche,7) Gaskell reflects reality just one different but their actions is same As a result of these events’ natural consequence, Elizabeth Gaskell reflects political issues of that time in her novel. In novel, John Barton is an active union member. He is chosen for impress their demand in order to make better their conditions. He and his union petition their demand but Parliament refused them. We can see one of the political issues, chartist petition in a quote which

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    American Red Cross: Mission, Vision, and Values The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization that helps those going through a crisis. This organization also provides services and relief during emergencies to alleviate suffering. This non-profit is well known throughout the world and has existed for a very long time, over 130 years (Red Cross). Services offered through the American Red Cross include but are not limited to disaster relief, blood drives, CPR classes, and services

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    Helping Those In Need Lost in a Tornado On May 3rd,1999, the weather forecasts in a city located in Oklahoma showed an F5 tornado. Meteorologists had said that the tornado had the strongest winds to ever be recorded. One family that was affected by this had their house ripped to pieces, and they had to take shelter in their neighbor’s basement. Debris rained on top of them from every direction. They struggled to get out of a pit that was covered in pieces of their destroyed home, wood, nails

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    Welcome families,friends, teachers and fellow peers,tonight we are here to celebrate the graduating class of 2017. Today I am standing here to present a story and an experience of mine. Well here I go, Don't we all of a path we eventually follow and experience challenges along the way? Here's a little story I would like to share. Have you ever been hiking? Whenever you go hiking you have to follow a path or you're going to get lost if you go of the trial. Along the way you usually have to climb

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    1. Clara Barton Portrait Clara Barton was a Union nurse who assisted soldiers, usually on the front lines, unlike most nurses at many battles of the Civil War, including Antietam where she was referred to as the “angel of the battlefield”. Clara also helped found the Red Cross and helped identify dead bodies at the Andersonville prison. Clara helped by bringing supplies and tending to wounded or dying soldiers, sometimes moving them to avoid a battle to come. 2. Apothecary Set from Civil War Camp

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    It’s amazing how far United States have come along when it comes to caring for an individual that you don’t know, yet you are doing everything in your power to save someone’s life. American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on May 21, 1881, but before the American Red Cross came into America it was and international movement that was founded by a young Swiss man named Henry Dunant. To know that 40,000 men are laying dead or alive and wounded from a war that soldiers fought for us in the civil

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    Red Cross during the Franco-Purssion war. In 1881, the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton also known as the first president of the American Red Cross. When the American Red Cross started it first helped the Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood, and the hurricanes in the Sea Islands in 1893. The American Red Cross was such a help back then, and it still is today. On April 12,1912 Clara Barton died in her home at Glen Echo, Maryland. Clara was an Intelligent,brave,strong, helpful person

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    Sara Kibbey Cleveland State University Abstract Clara Barton is a prominent nurse leader. She provided care and supplies for troops in the Civil War and had the government pass a treaty to equally protect people internationally during wartime crises. Barton’s most widely known accomplishment was forming the American Red Cross. The organization implements her ideals of providing equal care during natural disasters and wartime crises. Barton is a prime example of a nurse due to her passion for caring

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