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Clara Barton was born
on December 25th, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was raised in a
middle-class family, and was the youngest of 5 children. She was basically
good at everything, her only weakness was her shyness. In her teens, she
became a teacher located in Worcester County. After teaching for more than 9
years, she established her own school in Northern Oxford. Later she worked as
a clerk in a Patent office. Then when the Civil
War came, she had quit her job in the patent office, to go nurse in the war.
She advertised for supplies and distributed bandages, socks, and other goods
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Barton was given the position as superintendent of the
union nurses. She was known as the
“angel of the battlefields.” Later she
started working herself so hard that she had a physical breakdown. Her doctor told her to go to Europe and
regain her strength again. When she
returned to the U.S. in 1873, she began to
study the Red Cross. In 1881 the Red Cross was finally formed. Barton served as its
first president. A couple years later,
she wrote the American amendment to the Red Cross constitution. It provided
for disaster relief during peace time as well as war. Clara remained the Red
Cross president until 1904. During her term, she headed up relief work for
disasters such as famines, floods, pestilence, and earthquakes in the United
States and just throughout the world. |
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AMERICAN RED CROSS *The Red Cross was an international
organization with the alleviation of
human suffering and the promotion of public health; the world recognized
symbol of mercy and the absolute neutrality is the Red Cross or the Red
Crescent flag. ** The American Red Cross is dedicated to
helping people in need throughout the U.S., and also throughout the world. It
depends on generous contributions of time, blood, tissue, and money from the
American public to its nation headquarters and chapters and blood regions
throughout the country in support of its lifesaving services and programs. |
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In 1904
Ms.Barton was forced to resign the Red Cross.
Clara Barton died on April 12, 1912, from the complications of the
cold weather. The mission in her life will be remembered always. She dedicate a lot of her life to helping
people, and deserves a lot of gratitude. And as a summary in her own words,
they’d be... "You must never so much as think whether you like
it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything
except the need, and how to meet it.” -Clara
Harlowe Barton |
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