Clara Luper

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

Most of all they helped soldiers during the civil war , also supported women's suffrage. Truly, Clara Barton’s quote Inspired me “ I may be compelled to face danger,but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can be a nurse and to help them and return them to health”. These people made history and when they were they also had a

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

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

Clara Barton Clara Barton's real name is “Clarissa Harlowe Barton.” I chose her is because she is a very strong and independent woman, especially for her time period. She saved many lives and risked her own in doing so. She would go through the battlefields to help save wounded soldiers. At the same time of being strong she was loving and kind. She tried to save lives and she helped to find 22,000 soldiers who were marked “missing.” She would even write down messages soldiers wished to their families

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

people? Well that's what Clara did and she was very successful. She was a nurse for most of the Civil War and sometime after. After the Civil War Clara was caring to look for soldiers who gone missing to reunite with their families. One trip to Europe inspired Clara to start what we know as today the American Red Cross. Clara was always a very helpful woman and never really stopped being helpful and that's what led her to many great achievements. Even when Clara was young she was still very

Clara Barton’s Influences as a Prominent Nurse Leader 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

that allowed Clara Barton to revolutionize the way people around the world receive help in times of need by helping to create the American Red Cross. Whether, it is soldiers on the battlefield or a hurricane that has ruined tons of cities she was willing to help no matter the cost or risk. After years of working upfront during the battles of the civil war to help the wounded soldiers, she once said,"I saw many things that I did not wish to see and I pray God I may never see again (Clara Barton)." For

most natural disasters it is not long until the American Red Cross gets involved. The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization that aids people after major disasters and collects blood donations regularly. The founder of American Red Cross was Clara Barton who was extremely persistent when providing the government her requests for the American Red Cross (Price, 1991). Her vision came from the international Red Cross which helped people in other countries around the globe (Ferrell, Fraedrick, &