Clara Barton
Also known as Clarissa Barton, Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton, Clarissa Harlowe Barton, Clarisse Harlowe Barton
American Civil War nurse (1821–1912)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1821
- Died
- 1912
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Office of Correspondence with the Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., January [blank], 1867
- Memorial of Clara Barton
- Childhood days of Clara Barton
- Medicine in the Americas
- Clara Barton for Woman Suffrage
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- 63
- Total plays
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Article
Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not very formalized, and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the right to vote. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
Early life