Clara Barton

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Clara Barton

• By Mecia Hartis

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• Clarissa Harlowe Barton
• Born December 25, 1821

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Parents

• Father Captain Stephen Barton
• Horse breeder
• Taught Clara American History
• Mother Sarah Barton
• Taught Clara
• How to make soap
• To run a busy household

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Siblings

• Dorothy
• Taught Clara spelling
• Sally
• Taught Clara geography
• Stephen
• Taught Clara arithmetic
• David
• Taught Clara sports

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Early Nursing Experiences

• David fell through weak floorboard
• Bedridden for 2 years
• Clara cared for him

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Early Work Experience

• Teacher in Massachusetts District 9
• Taught for 9 years
• Started at the age of 17
• Attended Liberal Institute in Clinton, NY
• Started first public school
• Bordentown, NJ
• Clerk in US Patent Office
• Washington, DC

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After Battle of Bull Run

• Clara realized need for supplies
• Soldiers suffered from lack of supplies
• Clara advertised for donations to buy them

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Travels with army ambulances for 3 years

• US Surgeon General William Hammond commissioned
  Clara
• Clara given pass to travel
• Traveled with
• army ambulances
• Became
• known asAngel of the
• Battlefields

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Named Superintendent of Nurses

• Following Battle of
• Wilderness
• Under Major
• General Benjamins
• command

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1868 Went to Switzerland

• Clara was exhausted
• Went to Switzerland to rest
• Learned about
• International Red Cross

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Letter Writing Campaign

• Located soldiers missing in action
• In 4 years located 22,000 soldiers

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Start of Red Cross in America

• June 6, 1900
• President McKinley signed the bill
• Clara was
• the first President
• Remained head
• until 1904

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Life Dedicated to Humanity

• Clara died April 12, 1912
• Age of 90

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Credits

• Library of Congress
•  American Memory Collection
•  www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1044.html
•  http//www.redcross.org/services/youth/
• Clara Barton Founder, American Red Cross by Liz
  Sonneborn, Chelsea House Publishers,1992.
• Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse by Nancy Whitelaw,
  Enslow Publishers, Inc., Springfield, NJ, 1997.
•  Clara Barton and her Victory Over Fear by Robert
  Quackenbush, Simon Schuster Books for Young
  Readers, New York, New York, 1995
• www.cutecolors.com
•  www.graphicgardens.com