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    Clara Barton is woman of many talents who used herself to help others. Clara Barton is most known for being the founder of the American Red Cross. She also was one of the most influential women during the civil war. However, it’s more to Clara Barton than just the American Red Cross. She was a woman who accomplished great things in an era where it wasn’t common for women to step up. Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts (Bio, N/D). At the young age of 15, Clara

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    Clara Barton “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.” Clara Barton made a great difference when she discovered the American Red Cross and led it for twenty years. Not many people value this women because at the time women weren’t able to teach or help during the Civil War. Clara was an unstoppable woman because no matter what the consequence was she did what she had to do. Clara Barton is a giving and

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    One of the most influential nurses in history was Clara Barton. She began her career during the Civil War when she found happiness in caring for the wounded and collecting food and supplies for those in need. However, her true claim to fame didn’t come until she was vacationing in Europe during the Franco-Prussian war. Using her previous knowledge and skills from the Civil War, she hopped into action by organizing the gathering of provisions for the International Red Cross. Three years after returning

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    Clara Barton and the American Red Cross

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    Clara Barton and the American Red Cross Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara was the youngest of five children in a middle class family. She was educated at home until the age of fifteen, when Clara began teaching school herself. Though Clara Barton is probably most known for establishing the Red Cross, she only had two years of medical experience before the war. Clara gained this experience by taking care of her invalid (a person made weak by injury

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    Clara Barton was famous for being the founder of the American Red Cross organization. She was known as “an angel of the battlefield” for helping wounded soldiers during combat. Her life was devoted to caring and assisting others. Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821, and was raised in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Barton was acknowledged for putting her life in danger to support and help soldiers, and for establishing an organization called the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross provides

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    The American Red Cross has helped to serve those in need for over a 100 years. It was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton and her peers. Clara Barton thought to create an American Red Cross after learning about the Global Red Cross network during a visit to Europe. She petitioned to get the American Red Cross and after a year or working she convinced the U.S did so. The American Red Cross was under Barton’s leadership for 23 years and during that time the organization received its first congressional

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    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.. Not only did

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    Clara Barton and a group of her associates created the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881 the American Red Cross is devoted to assisting individuals in need throughout the United States and around the world. Funding for the program mainly comes from volunteers , blood donations and funding from the public . The American Red Cross deliver empathetic attention in five perilous areas: Individuals affected by tragedies Provide assistance to military personal and their loved

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    John Barton

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    workers are struggling to make ends meet. Gaskell narrates the story of a man named John Barton, who, of the few, is spoken of for the majority. In the narrative, John Barton’s experience with the mill is contrasted with the life of the mill owner; it shows the dramatic change in lifestyles which invokes social inequity. John Barton is the synecdoche in regard to the mill workers. In this sense, John Barton is

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    Jim Barton

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    silence grew long. Finally, Williams turned to look at Barton. “Speechless” was not a word most people could imagine applying to Jim Barton. His energy and outspokenness as head of the Loan Operations department made him one of IVK’s most dynamic executives, a key player and a likely CEO someday—of a different company, if not this one. But the news Williams had conveyed moments before had left Barton silent, dumbfounded. A few minutes earlier Barton had rushed to William’s office, summoned for his turn

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