Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was her name, a smart, and intelligent women. Clara is what people called her. Sarah Barton gave birth to Clara on December 25, 1821 in a small hospital in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Her parents, Stephen and Sarah, thought she was a special baby because she was born on Christmas Day. Clara was the fifth child born in her family. When Clara was three her parents thought it would be a good idea for her to start schooling. Her teachers all adored her and thought she was a dedicated student and very promising. One day when Clara was eleven years old and listening to another one of her fathers stories in the living room, she learned a lot about military, battle strategies, and first aid tips. When her brother David fell from barn rafters Clara of course left school to go aid him. At the age of thirteen Clara was really interested in aiding the poor, and tutoring children. She only got better at nursing while on the job, since there was no such thing as a Nursing school. At the age of six-teen, and not knowing what she was doing, Dr. Lorenzo Fowler, a Phrenologist, told her parents it would be best for Clara if she would start teaching instead. So she started teaching in a smal
Anthony and Elizabeth Cady to raise money for disasters, and help the victims. The American Red Cross was still stationed in Clara's home though. June 23 of 1864 Clara was then stationed to and put in charge of X Corps Hospital, in Virginia. She even had a building built for her, but she was denied to fulfill the position of Principal of that school because she was a woman. When she heard this she dashed there right away and "Rented a war house, filled market baskets and petitioned friends in New Jersey and New England to send comforts to the soldiers (William D. Clara wrote an autobiography entitled, "The Story of My Childhood," and was published in 1907. Some people were gracious and some were furious. Clara took on the role of his nurse and learned a lot from this experience, with the medications he was taking and what they were for and when to be taken, also what to do when he was seriously ill. It took many months for her to recover, but as soon as she did, she went right back to the battlefields and became superintendent of the Army. Almost directly after Stephen recovered, Clara go severely sick with Typhoid Fever. There was a building built for Clara in Washington used for the American Red Cross for years. Also supplying clothing and supplies to hospitals, orphanages, and soup kitchens. By the time Clara turned twenty-five, she was unemployed. Clara was aided in the war effort by acquiring provisions for the soldiers in Washington.
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