Clarissa Clara Barton was a shy girl who grew up to become a teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. At a time when few women worked outside the home, she became the first woman to hold a government job, as a patent clerk in Washington, DC. In 1864, she was appointed lady in charge of the hospitals at the[...]
In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva conventions, and founded and ran the American Red Cross. T[...]
A Step 3 beginning-reader biography of Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Clara Barton Meet a woman who outgrew her girhood shyness to became a fearless "Angel of the Battlefield" This Step 3 biography follows Clara as she helps her brother recover from a terrible injury, overco[...]