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 Clara Barton
1821. Clara was born near North Oxford, Massachusetts, in 1821.
| Clara established a free public school in what town? | Clara Barton
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Bordentown, New Jersey. When Clara was 31 years old in 1852, she established a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey.
| Clara went to Washington D.C. in 1854 and became what? | Clara Barton
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Government Clerk. Clara became a government clerk in Washington D.C., but became a nurse in the Civil War seven years later--in 1861.
Civil War. Clara worked as a nurse in 1861 in the Civil War. She helped save many soldiers' lives.
located missing soldiers. In February 1865, Clara wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln, asking him for permission to help in finding missing Union soldiers. In March, she received an answer, authorizing her, on behalf of the United States Government, to find out all information about missing soldiers, including prisoners of war. The job was enormous as at least 200,000 soldiers were not accounted for.
| Who were the founders of the International Red Cross? | Clara Barton
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Dr. Louis Appia and Henri Dunant. When Clara traveled to Europe, they were waiting to talk to her. Clara loved the idea of the Red Cross.
she needed to rest because she was ill. When Clara was giving lectures about the Civil War, her voice got hoarse and she lost it. Her doctor told her to go to Europe for three years. That way, she could rest and nobody would know who she was and bother her. The doctor was wrong. People in Europe had already heard about Clara. They wanted her to participate in the International Red Cross.
| What does the Red Cross enable nurses and doctors to have? | Clara Barton
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power to walk into battlefields and not get purposely shot at. When a country signs a treaty with the Red Cross, all nurses and doctors can walk through battlefields and not get shot at purposely (they have a special uniform to wear). If someone does shoot at them purposely, they will be punished severely.
| When did Clara return home to organize the American Red Cross? | Clara Barton
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1873. Clara was so fascinated by the International Red Cross that she persuaded America to sign the treaty.
April 12, 1912. Clara died in her home in Glen Echo, Maryland, on April 12, 1912. She was the 'Angel of the Battlefield', and will be remembered forever.
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