A research project by Sofia,

1. Clara Barton
By Sofia G.

2. What is a hero
What is a hero? Many people ask them selfs this
question daily many people have different opinions
on this subject but the most common opinion is a
person that has changed life as we know it if it is
one person to the world a hero helps every one.
This paper is about one of these millions of heroes
Clara Barton Founder of the Red Cross

3. Clara Barton As a child

4. Clara Barton was born December 25,1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara had two
sisters and two brothers. Her sisters were Dorothy and Sally , and her brothers were
Stephen and David. Clara was the youngest of her siblings. Clara was destined to be a
nurse she took care of her dog when he hurt his leg. The first time she helped a human
recover was at age 11 when her brother David was fixing the roof and fell off. The doctor
said he would die in a matter of days Clara was determined not to let that happen and
nursed him back to health.( http://en.wikipedia.org )

5. Clara Barton early
professional
Life

6. Clara Barton was more then a nurse and founder of the Red Cross
she also was a teacher she started teaching in the year 1838 she
taught for a dozen years until she went back to school and learned
languages and writing. After finishing school Clara opened a free
school there were 603 students and because she was a woman
Clara was not excepted as head master, they chose a man. She
then moved to Washington D.C and worked as a clerk at the US
patent office this was the first time a woman received a clerkship in
the US Government. Her salary equivalent to a man's salary. After
Abraham Lincoln's election she moved Back to Massachusetts to
live with friends and relatives for three years she returned to the
patent office autumn 1861 as a temporary copyist. She was
probably the first woman to work in the government . ( http://
Wikipedia.org )

7. Clara Barton the Civil
war

8. Clara Barton was appointed to the Civil war in 1864 by
Union General Benjamin Butler she was lady in charge of
the hospitals of the Army of James. She was called angel
of the battlefield because a bullet tore through the sleeve
of her dress which missed her but killed one of the men
she was tending.

9. Clara Barton the Red
Cross

10. Clara Barton started founding the
Red Cross in the US in 1873 and
finally got the Red Cross in the US
in the year may 21,1881. She worked
as president of the Red Cross until
her death on April 12, 1912

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