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Clara Barton was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts. She was the youngest of her five siblings.
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Clara's brother suffers a severe injury after falling off of a barn. She cares from him, marking the beginning of her medical training.
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After receiving years of education (from both her older siblings and universities) Barton becomes a schoolteacher.
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Clara founds a school system for the children of local mill workers.
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Clara's sister, Dolly Barton, dies.
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Clara begins bringing supplies to Civil War battlefields as well as tending the wounded. Later, she also conducts searches for missing soldiers.
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Clara founds and is elected president of the American Chapter of the Red Cross.
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Clara Barton dies in Glen Echo, Maryland.
