Clarissa Harlowe Barton 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 then very formalized and she did not attend... Wikipedia
Born: December 25, 1821, North Oxford, Oxford, MA
Died: April 12, 1912 (age 90 years), Glen Echo, MD
Education: Clinton Liberal Institute
Parents: Sarah Barton and Stephen Barton
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Clarissa Harlowe Barton, known as Clara, is one of the most honored women in American history. Guided by an intense devotion to helping others, ...
Barton risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the Civil War. At age 60, she founded the American. Red Cross in 1881 and ...