Clara Barton

Clara Barton spent a lot of time on the battlefields of the US civil war - but she wasn’t armed with bullets or bayonets. Instead she had bandages, food and medicine - all donations she had gathered, stored and transported to the fields of slaughter. Her interest in the care and comfort of wounded soldiers led her to push for the founding of the US Red Cross, and she became its first ever president. A truly remarkable woman, Clara Barton was known by the injured and dying soldiers she comforted as ‘The Angel of the Battlefield. Sources/Further ReadingOates, Stephen B: A Woman of ValourEpler, Percy: The Life of Clara Barton https://archive.org/details/lifeofclarabarto00epleuoft/page/xii/mode/2upBarton, William E: The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red CrossCharles Rivers Editors: Clara Barton - The Life and Legacy of the Civil War Nurse who Founded the American Red CrossThe Clara Barton Birthplace Museum https://www.clarabartonbirthplace.org/claras-life/Wikipedia Clara Barton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_BartonMichals, Debra: Clara Barton https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/clara-bartonEncyclopedia Britannica: Clara Barton - American Humanitarian https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clara-BartonAmerican Battlefield Trust: Clara Barton https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/clara-bartonBarton, Clara: the Story of the Red Cross Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.