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history; her devotion and humanitarianism paved way for many others. Clara Barton, born December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts, spent most of her life helping others. She became one of few female teachers during a time when the profession was heavily male dominated. Barton also worked for the federal government and provided supplies and personal support to soldiers during the Civil War. In addition to these accomplishments, Clara Barton is particularly known for founding The American Red…

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…

Kathryn (Kitty) Hach-Darrow was a chemist, entrepreneur and philanthropist born on October 20, 1922. She grew up during the great depression. She lived on a farm with her family due, which would later help her afford to go to college. She attended Christian college (currently known as Columbia) for a brief time, and later she transferred to Iowa State with the purpose of becoming a home-economics teacher. During her time in college she was often inspired by Nellie Taylor, who was a chemist that…

1. A basic biography (100 words - 111) Shirley Colleen Smith, more commonly known as ‘Mum Shirl’ was born on the 22 November 1924, she was a Wiradjuri woman born in West Cowra, New South Wales. Mum Shirl was a prominent aboriginal activist devoted to the wellbeing of Aboriginal Australians. She was a founding member of many services including the Aboriginal Legal and Medical Services. In her lifetime she also visited countless Aboriginal prisoners in jail and raised 60 foster children. For her…

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…

particular that stands out from the rest is Clara Barton. She is most famously known as the founder of the American Red Cross and National First Aid Association. Barton was an exceptional nurse that sacrificed her own well-being for the sake of helping others in need. She was able to rise to the occasion throughout her lifetime by learning from her accomplishments and tribulations that helped guide her toward breaking the common stigma of women in the 19th century. Clara Barton was born on…

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…

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…

Background Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt to her parents, John and Grace Crowfoot. Her father was a school inspector who later gained an interest in archeology and became the Director of Jerusalem’s British School of Archaeology. Dorothy’s fascination with chemistry and crystals started when she was ten on a visit to Sudan to visit her father. While she was there, her parents’ friend let her study and analyze chemicals. When she was fifteen, she received a…

Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Her. Her mother, Sarah, was a firm believer in women's rights and taught Clara that all people should be treated equally. Clara grew up with four older siblings. She had two older brothers Stephen and David and two sisters, Dorthea and Sally. They taught Clara how to read and write while she was young so she did very well in school. Her father also taught her a lot about war and the battlefields, as he was a soldier. But…