Barton

In this cartoon, by Mike Barton, there is an old man on the foot of the bed, on his knees in his pajamas. The man looks like he is praying. The talking bubble over the man says “Oh--you’re here! I was hoping I could leave a message.” He’s clearly talking to God, but I don’t think he does this often. I think the overall message of this cartoon, is that we don’t talk to God like He asks. Barton drew a bubble on the ceiling like its “the man upstairs” answering to the old man. The issue with the…

Edmund Barton became Australia’s first Prime Minister on New Year’s Day 1901 at a huge public ceremony in Centennial Park, Sydney. Edmund Barton was certainly qualified for his new job, He’d been a member of the New South Wales parliament for 20 years and had served terms as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly as well as being the Attorney General and Leader of the Opposition. Edmund Barton had worked on Federation for 10 years and became Australia’s first Prime Minister 1 January 1901- 24…

wounded soldier when a stray bullet passes through her sleeve and slaughters the soldier. The nurse was Clara Barton; a woman who works on, undaunted. For taking these actions, she is a heroic and stout hearted lady. For what reason would she place herself in these critical, hazardous circumstances? Soldiers alluded to Barton as the "Angel of the Battlefield". The seeds for the person Clara Barton would become were planted decades before the Civil…

Today, people all around notably remember women during the Civil War as nurses. The most renowned nurse at the time was Clara Barton, who later was the founder of the American Red Cross. Ironically, the Northern and Southern unions surgeons demoralized the female nurses to work in official military hospitals. Schultz noted “Throughout the nineteenth century, women were excluded…

uniforms, blankets, and sandbags, wrote letters to soldiers, and served as nurses. I would like you to tell you about a very famous women who served as a nurse on the union side. Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford , MA. to CAPT. Steven Barton and Sarah Stone Barton. Clara was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton. She first became interested in helping others when she was 11 years old in 1833, when her brother, David fell through the rafters of a barn and was seriously injured.…

International Red Cross. Contributions of time, blood, tissue, and money from the public support these services and programs. One cannot talk about the American Red Cross without also paying homage to the woman who started it all. A nurse named Clara Barton and some colleagues established the organization in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881 after seeing the need for an organization that would assist those going through hard times due to war or natural disasters. When Clara visited Europe after…

Every place around the world, cultures differ in many ways. In Clara Barton: Founder American Red Cross, there are many things in her culture of that time that are different than ours. Some of the differences are in: schooling, medical, laws, and war. In this book, Clara grew up in a different time era than we do now, a lot of stuff was different during that time. Schooling during this time was very different than it is now. When Clara was growing up, the schooling wasn’t as big as it is now…

athletes, doctors, teachers, and even just your family or friends, people take risks every day to help others and do good in the world. As a matter of fact, one person that is very inspirational and has taken many risks in her life is Clara Barton. Clara Barton is an inspirational person because she was hard-working, took many risks to make the world a better place, and left a lasting impact on others. Throughout Clara’s early years, she had a talent to learn. She started school at the age of 4,…

American Red Cross Origin and Purpose In 1863, Switzerland adopted the International Red Cross (cite here). Going off of that idea, Clara Barton, a military nurse, founded the American Red Cross (ARC),originally named The American Association of the Red Cross, in 1881. Barton wanted to set the organization up to assist with military families and warriors of the Civil War. ARC is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organization (learning to give). ARC contributes 84.7% of their donations and…

Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States on Saturday, October 8, bringing up to Category 4 force winds, rain and storm surge to communities across the Southeast. U.S. officials reported damage of at least $10 billion, making Matthew the costliest hurricane since Sandy in 2012. In North Carolina and South Carolina, swollen rivers transformed thoroughfares into canals and homes into sodden islands, in some cases with only the roof or the windows peeking above the water. American Red…