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Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford Massachusetts.
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Clara Barton assisted her brother David after an accident when she was 11. This action influenced her to help other in need of a nurse.
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Clara Barton became a teacher at age 15 in Oxford Massachusetts.
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After teaching Clara Barton went back to school at Clinton Liberal Institute in New York.
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Clara Barton created a free school in Bordentown, New Jersey.
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Clara Barton went to Washington D.C to work as a clerk in the US Patent Office.
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Robert McClelland did not like women working in government, so he made Clara become copyist with a lower income.
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Clara Barton served as an independent nurse in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Clara Barton was pronounced the new head nurse for one of General Benjamin Butler’s units during the war.
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After the war ended, Clara Barton worked for the War Department helping families come together again or look for missing family members.
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Clara Barton worked with a relief organization known as the International Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War while visiting Europe.
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Clara Barton brought the Red cross from Switzerland to America and founded the American Red Cross 1881.
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Clara Barton was chosen to be the president for the Red Cross.
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Clara Baron resigned from the American Red Cross.
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Clara Barton published a book called The Story of My Childhood.
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Clara Barton died in Echo Glen, Maryland on April 12th, 1912.
