Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer nurse who founded the American Red Cross. In addition to being a hospital nurse, she worked as a teacher, patent clerk, and humanitarian. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home, Barton built a career helping others. She was never married, as she knew the restrictions of a married woman at the time, but had a relationship with John J. Elwell. She was prominent as a nurse in the American Civil War.
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![Clara Barton](/photos/clara-barton.jpg)
Birth date | December 25, 1821 |
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Birth name | Clarissa Harlowe Barton |
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Date of death | December 25, 1821 |
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External resources
- http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss15_main.html
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005010
- http://home.fau.edu/peralta/web/FACS/CLARABARTON.pdf
- http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/civil_war_history/v024/24.2.henle.html
- http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:DIV.LIB:div00415
- http://www.bartoncenter.org
- http://www.clarabartonbirthplace.org
- http://www.footnote.com/spotlight/3261/clara_barton_passport_application_to
- http://www.nps.gov/clba
- http://www.questia.com/library/3590578/clara-barton-in-the-service-of-humanity