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Birth
Clara Barton was born. -
Clara Begins her education journey
Clara's journey begins through help from teachers and older brothers and sisters. -
Teaching begins
Clara Barton starts teaching in oxford Massachusetts. -
The first
Ms. Barton establishes the first free, public school in Bordentown. -
The big move
Clara left teaching. She moved to Washington D.C to work as a recording clerk for the U.S. patent office. She then got fired for being a woman and started working there as a temporary employee. -
Wondering soliders
Many wounded soldiers in the war came to Washington D.C.. Clara Barton used her nursing skills and her own supplies to care for the wounded soldiers. She learned he nursing skills when she took care of her brother for 2 years when he was injured. -
Cares for the wounded
Clara was well into her nursing career. She decided to set up a care center. There she would care for soldiers that were wounded in the war. -
The battlefield
In august Clara Barton went into the battlefield. There she was a nurse that cared for the wounded. -
Almost killed
While working on a patient a bullet nicked Clara. She was okay. -
Missing soldiers
Many soldiers were missing. With the okay from President Lincoln, Clara and a few other look for and find 22,000 lost soldiers. -
Clara gets sick
In 1868, Clara Barton's health declines. -
Founded the American Red Cross
At 60, clara founded the American Red Cross and continued it for the next twenty years. -
The story
In 1904, Clara publishes a story all about the American Red Cross. -
Retires
Exactly one month after the publishes her book, Clara retires from the American Red Cross. -
Auto biography
Barton publishes an autobiography all about her childhood called, "The story of my childhood". -
Clara dies
Clara Barton dies in glen echo, Maryland at 90. Many remember her to this day as the "angel of the battlefield". -
Honor
A U.S. commemorative stamp is issued in Clara Barton's honor.
