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Women had a very big role in the Civil War. Nurses paved the way for nurses in the future, while saving lives. Women were not only nurses, but in the civil war, they were so much more. Clara Barton was a woman who worked as a Clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. She later paved the way for women and nurses in the future. She briefly made the same amount of money as a man did. They pay did not last long. After she was a clerk, she got recruited to be a nurse in the Civil War. She soon saved many lives and also helper serve her country. Clara Barton later formed The American Red Cross. The American Red Cross in an organization where whenever a disaster occurs, they go help with food, supplies, and they even hold blood drives. Clara Barton wanted to make sure that there would be something where anyone could get help from some organization like The American Red Cross. When hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other disasters occur The American Red Cross will be there. They are dedicated and helpful to the victims of various events. When Clara Barton formed The American Red Cross, she knew that the world needed something like that in the world. There are American Red Crosses all over the country there to help others in need. The world has become a much better place with nurses and the American Red Cross helping so much. When we think of hospitals we think of clean, sterile, and somber places. In the Civil War this was not the case. The hospitals they usually…

A short woman, with a stature no more than five feet in height, strides into the room. Maneuvering her way through the throng of men around her, she appears unfazed as she approaches her character of interest. Pulling herself to up to her full size, she stares into the eyes of the one and only president of the United States, preparing to defend a proposition that she will present not only once, but thrice. This woman’s name is Clara Barton. She was a persistent yet ever present lady who fought…

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…

in which the Public Welfare Association in Geneva, for a five-man committee that Dunant and Gustave Moynier, the president of the association and the committee, were active participants. However, Dunant’s financial problems had caught up to him whenever he had joined the committee he recklessly paid little attention to his own business. According to Richard Cavendish, “Dunant had spent far more time on the Red Cross than on business and in 1867 he went bankrupt…” (qtd. in Richmand 10).…

I was at my way to my track meet. It was at Dansville high school and it was a warm day with scattered clouds and a light breeze. I was getting off the bus and I felt really good not to sore from the last track meet. I walked to the Pole Vault mat and waited for Jarin and Philip to get here so we can count are steps. “Hey Philip,” I said. “Don't you have a two mile to run?” “Yeah,” he said. “ I'm just getting a few run throughs and then I will go.” “Ok,” I said. I just don't want coach make…

black people. Walter works as a chauffeur while Ruth is a maid who are stereotypical jobs for black people. Neither can find better jobs because white society dominates the high paying job market. Since neither of them can work in better-paying occupations, when Ruth gets pregnant, she wants to get an abortion because the strain of affording another child is too large. This shows the strife that black families have to endure while trying to live up to the ideals of the American Dream as they…

made these lists public. Clara asked the public if anyone had any information of the missing men to write to her. She locate over 20,000 men who were believed to be missing. In 1868, Clara Barton had a physical and emotional breakdown. Her doctor recommended that she go to Europe to recover. After she recovered she became a volunteer for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. She educated herself about the Treaty of Geneva and learned that the United States did not follow the…