No, that was Betsy Ross.
Barton founded the American Red Cross.
American Red Cross
American poet Walt Whitman and Clara Barton met shortly after the US Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg. They both did volunteer work to help wounded soldiers. Also, they both had jobs with the US government. Whitman was a copyist, Barton a copyist at the US Parent Office.
Clara Barton distinguished herself before the outbreak of the US Civil War. She became the first woman to earn a salary from the US Government. She was a clerical worker at the US Patent Office in Washington DC. Prior to moving to Washington, she had lived in Massachusetts. She moved south for health reasons.As an aside, it was in Washington that she met accomplished US poet Walt Whitman.
They didn't, they all helped themselves due to circumstances that the other people couldn't.
Clara Barton was among the many women in the North to help care for the sick and wounded at Union field hospitals during the US Civil War. She and her fellow workers, including American poet Walt Whitman cared for soldiers from both sides of the war.
yes she was aslo the first president of the american red cross
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton was a great woman. She helped many of us to learn helping others is important.
Clara Barton.
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Clara Barton was working for the US Patent Office in Washington DC when the US Civil War began. She spent thousands of hours tending to the sick and wounded soldiers from both sides in the war. She risked her life by tending to the wounded at Union field hospitals in Virginia. In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
American Red Cross
She farted many times so everyone could use her influences to make their life better.
American poet Walt Whitman and Clara Barton met shortly after the US Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg. They both did volunteer work to help wounded soldiers. Also, they both had jobs with the US government. Whitman was a copyist, Barton a copyist at the US Parent Office.
Technically, Clara Barton did not start the International Red Cross; it was already foremd, but she did convince the US to sign a treaty to join it in, and it was established in 1873 at the age of 52.
When the US Civil War began, Clara Barton was employed at the US Patent Office in Washington DC. The wounded soldiers returning from the First Battle of Bull Run startled Barton. Based on the horrific conditions she observed, she began her campaign to help and care for the wounded soldiers. Often at great risk to herself.