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    During the Civil War, Clara Barton helped feed and care for American soldiers on the battlefield, earning her the nickname "The Angel of the Battlefield." After the war, she founded the American Red Cross and became its first president, establishing the organization to provide humanitarian relief. Clara Barton worked as a nurse during the war, bringing food and water to soldiers and often holding up weak soldiers who could not hold their own heads. She continued relief work with the Red Cross into her 80s and was recognized around the world for her humanitarian efforts.

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    During the Civil War, Clara Barton helped feed and care for American soldiers on the battlefield, earning her the nickname "The Angel of the Battlefield." After the war, she founded the American Red Cross and became its first president, establishing the organization to provide humanitarian relief. Clara Barton worked as a nurse during the war, bringing food and water to soldiers and often holding up weak soldiers who could not hold their own heads. She continued relief work with the Red Cross into her 80s and was recognized around the world for her humanitarian efforts.

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    Clara Barton

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    Andrija Slavicek
    During the Civil War, Clara Barton helped feed and care for American soldiers on the battlefield, earning her the nickname "The Angel of the Battlefield." After the war, she founded the American Red Cross and became its first president, establishing the organization to provide humanitarian relief. Clara Barton worked as a nurse during the war, bringing food and water to soldiers and often holding up weak soldiers who could not hold their own heads. She continued relief work with the Red Cross into her 80s and was recognized around the world for her humanitarian efforts.

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    DURING THE
    stand and fight. I CIVIL WAR,
    can fight and feed THEY CALLED
    them." HER "THE
    ANGEL OF THE
    BATTLEFIELD"

    Woman who helped


    american soldiers
    during the war and
    became founder and
    first president of the
    American Red Cross

    CLARA
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    BARTON
    Clara was a shy girl who grew up to become a teahcer,
    H C R A M

    S R E P A P S W E N

    nurse and humanitarian. During the war, Clara brought


    food and water to soldiers. Many of the men were so
    weak they could not hold up their head, so Clara would
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    hold them in her arms and help them. Today, Miss Clara
    Barton in know in Europe as well as in America. She did
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    Red Cross work until she was eight years old. Almost
    every country on the globe gave her a present or medal.

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