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Civil War nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Barton was a teacher and a U.S. Patent Office clerk before devoting herself to nursing in the American Civil War (1861-65). She earned the nickname "the angel of the battlefield" and in 1864 was named superintendent of all Union nurses. In the 1870s, officials of the International Red Cross invited her to help form a branch of the service in the U.S.; she agreed, and led the American Red Cross for its first 26 years.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 13y agoClara began by taking care of sick and injured animals but when she was eleven her brother David became injured. She took care of him for three years, learning to give him all of his medicine.
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∙ 12y agoHer brother David, taught her at an young age of how to take care of young baby animals. So when she got older this automatically triggered an interest in helping heal other living things. Including that she also helped taking care of her brother when he was expected to die !
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∙ 15y agoWhen she saw that soldier are dieing out in the battlefield and she could help them.
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∙ 12y agoshe felt sorry for the men
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∙ 12y agoIn 1587, when she was 36 years old.
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What are Clara barton's interests?
Clara Barton's hobbies were teaching and taking care of the soldiers
Info on Clara Barton?
Clara Barton was a very wise woman her mother was a farmer and her mother took care of the household.
What did Clara Barton did in the battle of Gettysburg?
Clara Barton traveled with Union ambulances to care for wounded soldiers on both sides of the war. She created health supply depots and recruited other people to assisit in medical care for the wounded.
How did woman like Clara barton contribute to the war effort?
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.
Was Clara Barton on the Union side or Confederate side of the Civil War?
the union but when she was the nurse she helped both sides
What are Clara barton's interests?
Clara Barton's hobbies were teaching and taking care of the soldiers
Who invented nursing care plan?
there is several that invented nursing care and one that i am sticking with is Clara Barton
What did Clara Barton give?
love,care,
Info on Clara Barton?
Clara Barton was a very wise woman her mother was a farmer and her mother took care of the household.
How did Clara Barton show responsibility to the United States of America?
She showed responsibility by taking care of the wounded men in the Civil war
Did Clara Barton care for the homeless?
yes she does care because she was the bravest nurse there.
Did Clara Barton care for any pets?
dis she have or took care of any pets?
Did Clara Barton care for any of the Barton fmaily when they were hurt?
yes! :) she cared for her brother David Barton when he fell from a barn roof.
Who quit her job to care for wounded soldiers during the Civil War?
Clara Barton
Who were Clara Barton's childhood heroes?
Clara Barton's childhood heroes were her siblings. David, her eldest brother, was her favorite broter who would help her with studies and teach her to ride horses andtake care of the animals.
Who risked her life to care for the wounded and later founded the American red cross?
Clara Barton
What did Clara Barton did in the battle of Gettysburg?
Clara Barton traveled with Union ambulances to care for wounded soldiers on both sides of the war. She created health supply depots and recruited other people to assisit in medical care for the wounded.
