Barton

American Red Cross founded May 21, 1881 by a nurse named Clara Barton, and by 1900 received its first congressional charter the purpose for the Red Cross was aspire compassion and turn that into action (“About Us,” 2018). Prior to the first world war Red Cross introduced the use of first aid, water safety, and public health nursing programs, then after completion of World War II they developed the first nationwide civilian blood program in the 1940s (“About Us,” 2018). With being a humanitarian…

Clara Barton was born in Oxford Massachusetts on December 25, 1821 in and was a giving and unselfish women. That is why I think that Clara Barton should be on our currency and represent our country along with are other repusenitives of the United States. Some of the important things that this brave women should be notest for is she was a teacher in the time most teacher were men, risked her life bringing supplies to the solders on the field during the Civil War ,and “she was one of the first…

Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson was born in 1864 and was most famously known for writing the poem ‘Waltzing Matilda’ which he wrote in late 1895. Aside from being a poet, Banjo was known for being a public solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and a soldier fighting primarily in World War I. Banjo had a life full of achievements and experienced great success with his poems but he has taken a lot of criticism throughout his life about his depiction of rural Australia. So was Andrew Barton…

Clara Barton supported many of the 19th century reform movements that affect our lives today. In her early years as an educator, Clara Barton advocated for public funded schools and established Bordentown’s first public school in 1852. While teaching in Hightstown she recognised the great need for free public schools in New Jersey. Barton travelled to Bordentown to secure permission from officials to build a free public school. This proved to be successful as seen in the increased attendance…

The article highlights the critical disclaims of Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘Mary Barton’ and its ‘irrelevant’ subplots, subplots Stoneman expresses present the maternal relationship between a child and father, the latter of whom emits a feminine tenderness consequent of the harsh middle class environment. Mary Barton determines morale in correspondence with class, reflecting upon the invasion of the industrial revolution within rural surroundings. Stoneman explores how these events affect the…

selfless and an amazing woman overall. Not only did she save lives she started a revolution in the medical field that would wage on for a very long time. Clara Barton was a hero because of her ethics to serve this country, as well as her work on the battlefield helping by finding wounded soldiers and establishing the American Red Cross. Clara Barton from a very young age was taught to serve our country and help others. Clara had experience with nursing from the time she was young, for…

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born in Lancaster, a small town in Massachusetts, on July 4, 1868. Leavitt graduated from Radcliffe College. She worked at Harvard University in the 1890’s as a human “computer.” Her job was to perform mathematical calculations in a time before digital computers could perform the same tasks. At this job she merely received 10 dollars and fifty cents a week, a pitiful amount given her great contributions to astronomy. She actually hadn’t started studying astronomy until…

Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton was born in Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. Clara’s father, Captain Steven Barton, was a government official and a captain of the local army. He enjoyed educating Clara on the ways of the military. He taught her about the importance of keeping the troops supplied with weaponry, clothing, food, and medical necessities. He also taught her geography and told her stories about the Indian War in Michigan and Ohio. Clara’s mother, Sarah Stone Barton, was an…

their names are not commonly known today. Fame certainly wasn’t their intention, but it can be a somewhat superficial measurement of their success. Clara Barton is a very different story, because while she believed that a woman is capable of the same things that a man is, she believed that a woman’s accomplishments should be her own. Barton grew up with a military…

Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born December 25, 1821, in Massachusetts, to Captain Stephen and Sarah Barton. Her father was a prosperous businessman and community leader who served in the Indian wars and used to amuse Clara with war stories. Clara was mainly educated at home by her older sibling, she was the youngest of five children, and she was very shy. When Clara was 11 years old, her brother got injured and required medical attention at home, so Clara nursed him for 2 years, and that is how…