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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.

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