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Birthdate
Clarissa Harlowe Barton is born in North Oxford, Massachusetts. -
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Clara Barton' Life
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Teacher
She becomes a teacher at age sixteen. -
Teacher resignation
She created a school and through her hard work and effort a man became the principal and had twice her salary so Clara quit being a teacher. -
Nurse
During the Civil War Clara serves as a nurse aiding wounded soilders. -
Angel of the Battlefeild
In 1864, Clara is known as the "Angel of the Battlefeild" because soldiers in desperate need of help saw her as a sweet and kind person for helping them. -
Switzerland
She traveled to Geneva, Switzerlnd to observe the releif efforts of the International Red Cross. -
Geneva Convention
In 1877 the International Red Cross wants the United States to sign a treaty stating that they would help anyone, didn't matter which country they where from, that was a wounded soldier after any war. -
American Red Cross
The American government still didn't sign the treaty so Clara took mattters into her own hands and created the American Red Cross. -
Ratified
The Geneva treaty is finally ratified. -
Retired
In 1904, Clara Barton, the president of the American Red Cross is retired and publishes a book about the American Red Cross to give us a glimpse of the organization. -
Clara's Death
Clara Barton dies at Glen, Maryland at age 91 and still unmarried.
