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By 1868 the had identified more than 22,000 missing soldiers, but many more remained unaccounted
for. Her innovative work not only helped many Americans. Later she organized the American Red
Cross to aid the victims of all wars and disasters. Clara Barton is still known today as one of the
most influential humanitarians in history. He fully recovered, although doctors had given up hope for
him. Clara Barton and Mary Baker Eddy were contemporaries who shared the common goals of
healing people and alleviating their suffering. By the time of her arrival at about noon on September
17, Barton surgeons had run out of bandages, and were trying to wrap soldiers’ wounds with corn
husks. In January 1864, she returned to Washington, DC, to collect supplies and to recuperate. She
lived there for 3 years until she moved back to her job in the Patent office with the election of
Abraham Lincoln. She was only fifteen years of age ( Library of North American Biographies ).
Initially she used her own rooms to store the abundant contributions. WATCH NOW By: Cate
Lineberry Cate Lineberry is a bestselling author and former editor for National Geographic and
Smithsonian magazines. After this loss she decided to give up teaching and resigned from the school
she had established. BIBLYOGRAPHY Who was Clara barton Brianna Bodkins. Although she was
an extremely shy and sensitive child, she was also eager to learn and help her family. Personal Life
Clara Barton chose not to marry all her life. Employees complained of poor leadership and concerns
about her age and health. While formal nursing education courses did exist before the Civil War, they
were not common. She first found her calling as a nurse at the age of eleven, when she took care of
her sick brother David, who miraculously recovered under her care even after doctors had given up.
In 1871, following the Siege of Paris, she worked relentlessly and took care of the public distribution
of food and medical supplies to the poor and affected victims in Paris. Digital Collections Clinical
Resources Research Guides. Quotes: I Major Works She founded the American Red Cross, which is
a universally recognised humanitarian organisation of great repute. Copyright Resources Research
Assistance Citation Management Request Materials. Barton was head of the American Red Cross for
23 years. She left the city hospitals to help soldiers in the field, organizing assistance in gathering
first aid supplies, transporting water, and preparing food. Since the age of three, she had exceptional
reading and spelling skills and attended the Col. Barton carried on this work through the remainder
of the Civil War, traveling with the army as far south as Charleston, S.C., in 1863. In June 1864 she
was formally appointed a superintendent of nurses for the Army of the James. Washington: American
National Red Cross, 1898; Reynolds-Finley Historical Library. The Red Cross then went on to help
many people in many different crisis and continues to do so today. She also wrote a book entitled
The Story of My Childhood, which was published in 1907.
Barton fared well as a teacher and knew how to handle rambunctious children, particularly the boys
since as a child she enjoyed her male cousins’ and brothers’ company. In 1897, responding to the
humanitarian crisis in the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the Hamidian Massacres, Barton sailed
to Constantinople and after long negotiations with Abdul Hamid II, opened the first American
International Red Cross headquarters in the heart of Turkey. In 1869 she went to Geneva,
Switzerland, hoping to improve her condition through rest and change. Barton’s ability to withstand
harsh physical and emotional conditions on the front lines was remarkable, although her own health
suffered. Barton later found another outlet for her desire to be helpful as a teenager. Barton and her
assistants wrote 41,855 replies to inquiries and helped locate more than twenty-two thousand missing
men. This organization was formed during a convention in Geneva in 1863 and became official when
the Geneva Treaty was ratified by eleven European countries in 1864. She recorded some of her
experiences there in her diary. When darkness fell, she set up lanterns, also from her supply wagons,
which enabled the army’s medical personnel to work through the night. Your email will be sent via
our automated system (omitting the potential for human error) so if you ordered the download and
entered the correct email address, you can be sure it's in your email somewhere. At the bloody Battle
of Antietam (September 1862), she ordered the drivers of her supply wagons to follow the cannon
and traveled all night. Quotes: I Major Works She founded the American Red Cross, which is a
universally recognised humanitarian organisation of great repute. On April 19, 1861, just weeks after
the Civil War erupted, Confederate sympathizers attacked Massachusetts soldiers traveling through
Baltimore, Maryland, killing four. She was also instrumental in US ratification of the Geneva
Convention the following year. She was one of the first American women to serve as a clerk in the
U.S Patent Office and earn a remuneration that was equal to that of a man. Barton publicly
proclaimed a great admiration for Eddy—and Eddy responded in kind — read it here. The injured
were taken to the new U.S. Capitol building in nearby Washington, DC, and Barton rushed from the
Patent Office to the makeshift hospital to tend the wounded. Successful projects such as this gave
Barton the confidence needed when she demanded equal pay for teaching. In 1850, she attended the
Clinton Liberal Institute in New York, where she studied writing and languages. It also gives
detailed accounts of specific early American relief efforts, during the Michigan forest fires, the
Mississippi and Ohio River floods, the Texas Famine, the Johnstown Flood, the Russian Famine, the
Spanish-American War, and several others. On July 18, she witnessed the horrendous attack on Fort
Wagner, South Carolina by the African American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first
official African American units in the war. The fact that at a time when women rarely ventured out of
their home to work, Clara Barton dared to risk her life at the war front bears testimony to her
courage and steadfastness. Once purchased, you will first receive an order confirmation email. This
profession interested Barton greatly and helped motivate her; she ended up conducting an effective
redistricting campaign that allowed the children of workers to receive an education. It is unlawful to
distribute any part of this file for any reason (whether they are free or for purchase). Clara Barton
and Mary Baker Eddy were contemporaries who shared the common goals of healing people and
alleviating their suffering. Trivia This great American nurse and educator was so shy and timid in
school that she had only one friend and was often so depressed that she would not eat in school.
Using this paper gives the posters a vibrant look that really makes the colors pop. Barton moved to
Washington, D.C., in 1854, and became a copyist for the U.S. Patent Office. Within a year, she was
promoted to clerk, making her the first woman to receive a government appointment. In the year
1975, her home in Glen Echo was made into a historic site and was named the Clara Barton National
Historic Site, the first National Historic Site dedicated to a woman.
He was also the leader of progressive thought in the Oxford village area. Finally, in 1881, the
American Red Cross was open for business. There are 3 main activities in this activity pack:
Vocabulary: Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. In this town I
was born; in this church I was reared. Even after her resignation, her career wasn’t over. While the
phrenologist’s advice may not have been medically sound, Barton worked as a teacher for 10 years.
The city had long since lost the location of her DC office, especially since new development re-
labeled street addresses, and in 1996, scheduled the building for demolition. By 1868 the had
identified more than 22,000 missing soldiers, but many more remained unaccounted for. She
continued this task over the next four years, burying 20,000 more Union soldiers and marking their
graves. She quickly gathered food, medicine, and clothing from her own home and helped care for
them. This unit includes everything you need to teach about one of the most remarkable women in
American history. A ZIP file is a compressed folder with multiple files. Copyright Resources
Research Assistance Citation Management Request Materials. Not only did her campaign result in
the establishment of the American Red Cross in 1881, it also convinced President Chester A. Print
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three times a week. She founded the American Red Cross at the age of 60 and served as the
President of the organization for a period of 23 years. As a young woman she taught school in
Massachusetts and New Jersey. In 1881, after returning to the United States, she organized the
American Red Cross. My best wishes for the success of your annual meeting, and accept my thanks
most sincerely for having written me. The founder of the International Red Cross was Henry Dunant,
who was from Switzerland.) Appa convinced her of the importance of the organization, and when
Barton returned home, she spent many years trying to set up the American chapter of the
organization. Most Civil War nurses were volunteers without much training. If you’re having trouble
printing a PDF, please be sure that you're opening the PDF with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Please note: Text within images is not translated, some features may not work properly after
translation, and the translation may not accurately convey the intended meaning. Following this, she
moved to Washington, DC, where she worked as a clerk in the United States Patent Office. In 1869,
Clara went to Europe for health-related reasons and there became familiar with the International
Committee of the Red Cross. She was also instrumental in US ratification of the Geneva Convention
the following year. In the year 1975, her home in Glen Echo was made into a historic site and was
named the Clara Barton National Historic Site, the first National Historic Site dedicated to a woman.
Maybe this quote from a 1994 New York Times review of the book A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton
and the Civil War by Stephen B. She also participated in many relief efforts at home and abroad,
including the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood, the 1896 Armenian Massacre in Turkey, and the
1900 Galveston, Texas hurricane. Instead of demolishing the building, he and the rest of his agency
worked with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine to restore the building and open it as a
museum.

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