Clara Barton

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Clara Barton

• Founder of the first American Red Cross
• 1821-1912
• By Kanaan Heflin

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Claras home town

• Clara was born in Oxford, Massachusetts

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Claras major accomplishments

• She founded the American Red Cross
• She finished collage and got her degree.
• She was a teacher.

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About Claras Family

• Claras moms name was Sarah
• Her dads name was Stephen
• She had many brothers and sisters

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Five Interesting Facts

• She got permission to go work on the battle
  fields to help wounded soldiers.
• She founded the first American red cross.
• Her red cross treated any one not just soldiers
  ,the old one only treated soldiers.
• Her first job was teaching at a school in
  Massachusetts

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Five more interesting facts

• She was president of the red cross for
  twenty-three years.
• She was called Angel of the battlefield.
• While working on the battlefield she was almost
  killed.
• Her real name was Clarissa Barton
• She went to New York state University

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Five Questions and Answers

• Where was she born? Massachusetts
• Did she go to school? No, she was home schooled
• Was she married? No she never got married she did
  not think she would have
• When was she born? 1821
• Did she have a nick name? Yes, Angel of the
  Battlefield.

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Five more Questions and Answers

• How many wars did she help in? 2 the Civil War
  and the war between France and Prussia.
• When did she die?1912
• Did she ever teach at a school? Yes
• Did she have any other jobs? Yes , she worked at
  a patience office
• Did she have a dream? Yes she always wanted to
  help others

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Even more Questions and Answers

• Did she get paid equally? No men got paid more
• Did she have any siblings? Yes both
• What was her dads name? Stephen
• What was her moms name? Sarah
• How old would she be now?287

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Death

• Clara died in 1912

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The End

• The American Red Cross still exists.