Growing up, shy Clara Barton never suspected she would one day dodge bullets on a battlefield. When the Civil War started, she helped nurse the sick and wounded--and even performed surgery with a penknife! Through her dedication to helping others, she started a school, established the American branch of the Red Cross, and much more.
Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.
A brief biography of the woman who overcame her shyness to become a teacher, a nurse during the Civil War, and founder of the American Red Cross.
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" - Clara Barton The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and had the two sides realized it would take 4 years and inflict over a million casualties, it might not have been fought.
A biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.
In Clara Barton, Professional Angel, Elizabeth Brown Pryor presents a biography of Barton that strips away the heroic exterior and reveals a complex and often trying woman.
In late 1880, James A. Garfield was elected president. Barton was hopeful that she now would make headway with her cause. She and Garfield knew each other from their battlefield days, when Garfield was a major general.
Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Clara Barton, from her childhood in Massachusetts and her early career as a schoolteacher to her accomplishments as a field nurse during the Civil War and her founding of the American ...
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Describes the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.