Episode 260 Ultimate Girlboss - The Story of Clara Barton and the American Red Cross

Well this was as fun an episode to do as (we hope) it is for you to listen to.  In Arthur's Corner he talks Dandy's World, getting over illness and his return to school as well as his recent popularity as a young transman on Threads.  The rest of the Laura suggested show we discuss Clara Barton, her life as a young, possibly neurodivergent woman, how she grew up with only one close friend and the love of her family leading to her first career as a school teacher and someone who created the public school system in Bordentown New Jersey.  The people of Bordentown were so impressed, they made a brand new school building and gave the job of principal to a man from out of state whom they paid double her salary.  She left and joined the US Patent Office in Washington DC which led to her becoming a battlefield nurse during the Civil War and founding the American Red Cross.  After leaving the Red Cross, the founded the National First Aid Association of America and continued public speaking almost right up to her death at 90 years old.  She was a woman with no give, no quit who always pivoted towards purpose, so check out this amazing woman in this, the latest episode of the Family Plot Podcast!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices