Clara Barton 1821-1912
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on the 25th of December in 1821. She was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Her father (Stephen Barton) was a farmer, horse breeder and a very respected man in the community. Her mothers name was Sarah. Her mother didn’t work but did teach the kids the ways to live. Clara (short for Clarissa) was the youngest child out of five. She and her siblings got along well growing up together. All of her older sisters and brothers helped her out in some way or another. Her sister Dorothy taught her how to spell, Stephen Jr. taught her arithmetic, Sally taught her geography, and David helped her succeed in sports. Clara was a very fast learner, she received a good education because of her siblings help. Clara knew three-syllable and started school when she was only four years old. She found school to be way easy. She was good at everything but was extremely shy. When Clara graduated she became a teacher in Massachusetts District 9. She taught in several different schools for six years. After that she established her own school. Clara then grew tired of teaching by the age nineteen and wanted to do something else. She then quit teaching at a public school and entered Liberal Institute in Clinton New Yo
After the war Barton lecture on her experiences at war, and also worked at the Office of Correspondence. By 1869 Barton had finally worked herself to a physical breakdown. She followed her doctor’s order and went to Europe to get better. During the trip to Europe Clara learned about the Treaty of Geneva, which was to provide relief for sick and wounded soldiers. Twelve nations signed it but the U.S refused. Barton also learned about the Red Cross. She studied the organization in action while traveling with many volunteers to the front of the Franco-Prussian War. Clara remained president for the Red Cross until 1904. During those years she headed up relief work for disasters such as shortage of food, floods, pestilence, and earthquakes in the U.S and throughout the world. The very last operation she did personally was directed relief for victims of the Galveston, Texas flood in 1900 and she served as an emissary of the Red Cross. She was forced to resin from being president of the Red Cross because she was experiencing increasing criticism of how she had leadership style, and many people felt it was way past time for the organization to be led by a larger central administration. So on May 12, 1904 Ba
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