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Clara Barton was born in Oxford, Massachusetts
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She became a teacher and later opened a free public school in New Jersey
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Moved to Washington, D.C., to work in the U.S. Patent Office as a clerk
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Lost the job of being clerk in the U.S. Patent Office when the Democrats won the presidency
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Served as an independent nurse and first saw combat in Fredericksburg, Virginia
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She was ordered to Europe by her doctor for a rest cure
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Clara Barton was forced into temporary retirement by ill health.
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The American Red Cross Society was founded and Clara Barton was the first presdient
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Clara Barton resigned from the American Red Cross, amid an internal power struggle and claims of financial mismanagement.
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Her inflexibility forced her to resign from the organization she had founded and built.
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Clara Barton published a book she wrote called "The Story Of My Childhood"
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Clara Barton died in Glen Echo, Maryland
