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    Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed everyday. The American Red Cross has been around since 1881 when Clara Barton founded it. Clara began to bring supplies to the battle field to help the soldiers. She saw there was a need to help soldiers, and since then the Red Cross has been helping people everyday. The founding of the American Red Cross has helped by helping with blood supply, disasters, and our country with health and safety.…

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    Clara Barton Short Story

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    After she dropped out, Clara Barton was homeschooled after years of loneliness in public schools. Although she was fairly happy with her family, when she was eleven, her brother, David, fell of the barn roof after attempting to swing on it to appease a dare given by his friends. Since he was very athletic, he decided it wouldn’t be too difficult. While swinging, the rafter he was hanging on broke off, and David fell. The board struck his head, and he was knocked out. Clara’s family though he was…

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    Edmund Barton Role Model

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    Edmund Barton was the first prime minister of Australia he remained with his sport was prime minister for two years and 10 months. He was born on 18 January 1849 at Glebe, Sydney, His family included Edmund Alfred, Wilfrid, Jean Alice, Arnold Hubert, Oswald and Leila Stephanie who was his eldest daughter. He, himself belonged to a large family which counted 10 children while he was one of there males and youngest child of the family. Unfortunately, he died on the 7th of January 1920 at the 71,…

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    American Red Cross Essay

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    The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton and a small group of her associates on May 21, 1881. The Red Cross is a non-for profit humanitarian organization that relies solely on the donations and support of others. Since its inception, it has been one of the leading and most trusted humanitarian organizations in the World. As recently as August 2017, the Red Cross was again at the forefront of disaster relief providing $573,000 in financial aid, 414,800 in paid overnight stays in…

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    The first relationship to be damaged by the poor economic climate is that of Mary and her Father. Gaskell begins the novel with the death of Mary 's mother, which is a pivotal moment in the life of the Barton family that predominates over the rest of the plot, which has become divided into periods of before and after. Prior to the death of the elder Mary, the family is spending an afternoon resting in the countryside which is described as having "a charm about them, which strikes even the…

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    I cannot believe how many soldiers have come in from the battlefield. I think at this point it must be on the upwards of 5,000 soldiers with casualties. The battle of Antietam Creek sure is a bloody one. What a shame. My care to the wounded can only go so far. Amputation after amputation it only gets harder and harder to see the intense pain they go through. One soldier came in with a bullet wound above the elbow. He asked me, already knowing the answer, “What can you do to save it” All I could…

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    Women in the Civil War Women have dealt with many inconveniences over the years, but the Civil War is one of the greatest of them. Many roles of women included nurses, spies, soldiers, housewives, et cetera. Many other women stayed in their hometowns, whom were left lonely by their husbands and relatives who left for war. Some women were longing for adventure, claiming that they could do anything that a man could. Others believed it was only a man’s duty to fight on the battlefield. Other women…

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    Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life follows the hostilities and tension between workers and masters unfolding in Manchester. The plot revolves around the protagonist Mary and her close friends and father. Her development follows her from girlhood to motherhood. She matures away from her inclination towards money and status, to true love and happiness. Because of these inclusions, the novel should be categorized in the contested concept of bildungsroman. Ultimately,…

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    Mexico, Latina, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vitnamese, and Thai. So I have try one that I have good memory, the restaurant call " Barton G. The Restaurant Los Angeles," it is a New American style food restaurant. Barton G. established in 2014, Barton G. Weiss is an internationally recognized event concept designer, restaurateur, and culinary visionary. He opened Barton G. The Restaurant in South Beach in 2002and recently opened his second location in Los Angeles in June 2014. Also,…

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    patients were always at a risk of death. The part that people do not ponder about is what types of provisions people acted upon to keep the death count low. Clara Barton for instance was determined to keep the death count low. Since Clara Barton was born during the 19th Century, she was able to change the face of medical history. Clara Barton was an American girl from North Oxford, Massachusetts with a purpose. She was born on Christmas Day in 1821. Additionally,…

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