In addition to getting a good start in academics, Clara also exhibited the skills it takes to be a nurse as a child. When Clara was young, she played make believe as a nurse and nursed pets back to help if they got hurt or were ill. At age eleven, Clara received real life training as a nurse when one of her brothers tragically fell off the roof of their barn and needed Clara to take care of him for two years. Clara’s mom also contributed to Clara’s ability to perform nursing duties by focusing more on teaching her the art of cleanliness and how to do the basic responsibilities of a woman such as how to sew, cook, and make soap. Clara, influenced by her sisters who were already teachers, began the first part of her career by becoming a teacher at age seventeen. She began teaching in Worcester County of Massachusetts and taught in various others schools for 6 years. Clara then realized she needed a change and decided to open up her own school. After running her own school for a few years Clara recognized that she needed more change and at age 29, Clara enrolled in an advanced school for female teachers in Clinton, New York. This addition to her education led her to a teaching position in New Jersey which opened the opportunity for her to open several free schools there in New Jersey. Her schools were very successful and students flocked to be a part of them. After much success in her teaching career, Clara finally ran into rejection when the school board refused her the position of heading the school she had founded and instead gave the job to a less qualified man. This greatly upset Clara and she again decided she needed a change, however this time the change was more dramatic. After recovering from the emotional effects of the events that occurred in New Jersey,

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